Group pushing for judicial elections gets $175,000 in donations 
An organization proposing to move Missouri to direct judicial elections has received some sizable campaign contributions lately.
Continue reading...Group pushing for judicial elections gets $175,000 in donations
An organization proposing to move Missouri to direct judicial elections has received some sizable campaign contributions lately.
Continue reading...Former police officer sentenced for stealing
An ex-St. Louis Metropolitan Police officer was sentenced to two years probation for stealing items seized during an arrest.
Continue reading...8th District’s chief judge stepping down
The chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth District is stepping down at the end of the month.
Continue reading...Family sues trainer of dentist
The family of a man who died after going through oral, or conscious, sedation at his dentist office is suing the company that trained his dentist. John Coleman, 47, went to Dr. Guilan Norouzi’s dental office in March 2007 to have some teeth extracted and get dental implants. He underwent conscious sedation, in which patients are [...]
Continue reading...Federal judiciary seeks 6.8 percent budget increase
The federal judiciary asked a House subcommittee today for a 6.8 percent funding increase for fiscal year 2011. The budget request is the smallest funding increase requested in more than 20 years, according to information provided on the judiciary’s Web site, www.uscourts.gov. The money is needed to enable courts to cope with anticipated increases in case [...]
Continue reading...Whelan didn’t provide security at ABB, spokesman confirms
Only one of two security companies named in lawsuits over a January shooting spree at an ABB Inc. plant in January that left four dead was working for the factory, an ABB spokesman confirmed. Securitas Security Services USA Inc., Whelan Security and two security employees were named as defendants in eight lawsuits filed last week in [...]
Continue reading...Judge orders railroad to pay up
A Jackson County judge has ordered Union Pacific Railroad to pay more than $675,000 in attorney's fees and front pay to a woman who successfully sued the railroad in October for gender discrimination.
Continue reading...House approves more bankruptcy judges
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that, if passed in the Senate, will create 13 additional permanent bankruptcy judgeships, convert 22 existing temporary bankruptcy judgeships to permanent status and extend two current temporary judgeships. The Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2010, or H.R. 4506, was sent to the Senate last Friday by a 345-5 [...]
Continue reading...St. Louis judge assigned to Jetton assault case
A St. Louis judge has been appointed to preside over the assault case against former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton, the Associated Press reports.
Continue reading...Polsinelli opens Jefferson City office
Polsinelli Shugart is coming to Missouri's capital city.
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- Group pushing for judicial elections gets $175,000 in donations
- Former police officer sentenced for stealing
- 8th District’s chief judge stepping down
- Family sues trainer of dentist
- Federal judiciary seeks 6.8 percent budget increase
- Whelan didn’t provide security at ABB, spokesman confirms
- Judge orders railroad to pay up
- House approves more bankruptcy judges
- St. Louis judge assigned to Jetton assault case
- Polsinelli opens Jefferson City office
March 19, 2010 1:20 pm