MO Lawyers Blog

Judge OKs $925,000 settlement over NovaStar 401(k) 

A federal judge this week gave preliminary approval to a $925,000 settlement in a class action lawsuit against Kansas City firm NovaStar Financial. The lawsuit claimed violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and encompasses a class of people who were participants or beneficiaries of NovaStar’s 401(k) plan over an 18-month period in 2006 and [...]

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State’s longest-serving judge to retire 

Judge John E. Parrish, the current longest-serving judge in the state, is retiring at the beginning of September. Parrish currently serves on the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District and was appointed to the position in 1990. Before serving on the appeals court, Parrish was a circuit judge for the 26th Judicial Circuit. In total, he [...]

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