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Sep 2, 2010 9:50 am

Wanted: Jurors with nothing else to do for six months (access required)

The St. Louis Circuit Court is gearing up for a tobacco trial that could require jurors to serve for six months.

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Sep 2, 2010 8:15 am

More lawyers coming to Met Square (access required)

Another law firm is moving into Metropolitan Square at a time when area lease rates are low.

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Sep 1, 2010 5:26 pm

Koster settles with hog farms (access required)

The state of Missouri and operators of numerous hog farms in Northwest Missouri have reached a settlement after an 11-year legal battle over environmental and wastewater issues, Attorney General Chris Koster announced today.

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Sep 1, 2010 2:03 pm

Bar committee recommends ousting Draper (access required)

St. Louis County Associate Circuit Judge Judy P. Draper should not be retained in the coming election, a judicial evaluation committee announced this morning.

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Sep 1, 2010 10:44 am

Koster creates group to review domestic violence laws (access required)

A new task force will endeavor to review Missouri’s laws dealing with domestic violence and recommend changes.

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Aug 31, 2010 11:40 am

Former Polsinelli legal secretary sues over personal leave  (access required)

A former Polsinelli Shughart legal secretary is suing the recently merged firm, seeking payment on a bank of personal leave she accumulated while at a predecessor.

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Aug 31, 2010 9:41 am

Supreme Court issues opinions in seven cases (access required)

The Missouri Supreme Court handed down decisions in seven cases. Here are brief summaries:

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Aug 31, 2010 9:21 am

Columbia man’s claim of innocence must wait (access required)

An appeals court says man convicted of killing a Columbia sports editor must go through normal legal channels to prove his innocence.

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Aug 31, 2010 6:02 am

Husband of Springfield bar leader succumbs to cancer (access required)

Tedd Hamaker, the husband of Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association Executive Director Crista Hogan, died Monday after a seven-month battle with cancer.

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Aug 31, 2010 5:42 am

Jury opt-outs lead to new trial (access required)

A circuit court’s policy of allowing potential jurors to opt out of service by paying a fine and doing community service netted a drug defendant a new trial.

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