Murky waterways 
Larger bodies of water, like the Current River, above, are generally covered by the Clean Water Act, but environmentalists urging the EPA to act say the state’s many “unclassified” streams eventually trickle into the more regulated ones.
Grudge match
When Jimmy Connors enlisted the help of a small Belleville, Ill., law firm in September 1992, he was, at 40, no longer the brash, young phenom conquering the tennis world.
Lawyer loses ground
Tom Larson, left, of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, stands with Debbie and Glen Beal on property at 24 Chipman Road in Lee’s Summit that was purchased by D.D. Beal Investments for a new law office for Glen Beal. Larson represented D.D. Beal Investments in a lawsuit over the surprise foreclosure on the property. Debbie Beal is the owner and agent of the investment company.
PRIVATE DEFENDERS
Michael-John Voss, Thomas Harvey and John McAnnar opened Arch City Defenders in January to help poor people in civil and criminal matters. Their aim is to help poor people facing criminal charges and their consequences, along with lining up help for the root causes of their problems, from drug abuse to mental illness.
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Analysis: Mo. limits life span of state programs
Just like the state lawmakers who write them, Missouri programs have term limits. And the clock is running low for several of them.
A 2003 state law gives new government programs and tax credits a maximum six-year life span with an option for up to another 12 years if legislation is approved [...]
Flavoring case pops up
A trial starting this week will question whether a woman who popped a couple of bags of popcorn a day for 10 years can blame manufacturers for the same health issues factory workers had after daily breathing vapors from vats of boiling butter flavoring.
Popcorn workers claiming lung disease have captured millions of dollars in Missouri courts. But the trial in Jackson County Circuit Court will test whether a consumer intimately acquainted with her home microwave’s buttons can convince a jury she deserves an award as well.
Condo association lacks authority to collect fees, exist
A St. Louis property owner won one round in his ongoing dispute with a condominium association he alleges acted without authority when it filed liens against his property for not paying fees during a five-year period when the association didn’t even exist.
Doing more with less: Sheriff’s budget affects court
Sheriff’s Deputy Shuan Gray worked in St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Paula Bryant’s courtroom Tuesday afternoon during a busy docket. St. Louis city judges may be seeing fewer courtroom deputies as the Sheriff’s Department takes on additional duties while facing a drop in funding.
Allegedly betrayed husband sues KC police department
A case of pillow talk gone wrong has landed in federal court in Kansas City.
Police assault claim starts second trial
A second trial began Monday for a man who claims he was assaulted by St. Louis City police officers, one of whom has never been identified.
Law on the brain
University of Missouri graduate student David Cicero conducts a brain scan at the Brain Imaging Center in Columbia, Mo. The judge overseeing the case against a Tennessee psychologist held the first-ever federal admissibility hearing earlier in May on the use of brain imaging as a lie detector. The judge hasn’t yet ruled on whether the brain scans taken by Cephos, a rival company to No Lie MRI, will be allowed in court.
Crowe named Paralegal of the Year
Bob Crowe of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard in downtown St. Louis is winner of the second Paralegal of the Year award from the St. Louis Paralegal Association. Crowe handles between 50 to 75 health law and product liability cases for four firm shareholders.
Company settles with workers over alleged racist comments
Three black construction workers have reached a $15,000 settlement with a Scott County construction company after alleging that they were subject to racist comments and that one employee had a noose wrapped around his neck.
Registry removal can depend on sex act
Attorney Leigh Joy Carson speaks in her Clayton office in January. Carson is representing a man seeking to be removed from the Missouri Sex Offender Registry statute and asking that a portion of the statute be declared unconstitutional.
Woman sues Wentzville, officer after finding her sister’s body
A woman who says she was traumatized to find her sister’s body has sued the city of Wentzville and a police officer, saying the officer missed obvious warning signs that something was wrong.
Legal analyst to visit
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin is set to speak at 7 p.m. on May 27 at William Jewell College in Liberty. The event is free and open to the public. Toobin, who is also a staff writer at the New Yorker, joined CNN in 2002 after a six-year stint with ABC News. Toobin is the author of “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.”
Indicted in ’02; arrested in ’09
Missouri Supreme Court judges have many questions for the state in the case of a man who claims his speedy trial rights were violated because it took police more than a decade to track him down.
Check, please
Maritz Inc. is fighting its insurer in court for payment of earlier litigation costs. The image on the left is the company’s Fenton campus.
Let’s make a deal. Or not.
A sale gone bad between wafer technology company MEMC and solar energy company Sunlight Group ended up in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Tuesday.
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