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Doe Run protection bill becomes law over veto
Lawmakers rose up to protect Doe Run Resources from large punitive damage awards.
Legislature fails to override gun law veto
The House sent the override to the Senate on a 109-49 vote. The Senate was one vote short.
House votes to override gun law veto
The Missouri House of Representatives overrode Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of the Second Amendment Preservation Act.
Supreme Court revives class action against Mercy Health
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a class action lawsuit accusing Mercy Health of unfair billing practices.
Patient wins med-mal verdict in Franklin County
A Franklin County jury awarded $525,000 to a woman whose skin burned from the inside out as a result of a reaction to the antidepressant Lamictal.
Jury awards more than $20M to man beaten at Jack in the Box
The full verdict was $25 million, but the jury assessed 18 percent of the fault against the plaintiff.
Husch Blackwell adds six attorneys to government compliance group
Catherine Hanaway, former U.S. Attorney and former speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, will lead the group.
Catherine Hanaway moves to Husch
Catherine Hanaway, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri and former speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, is leaving Ashcroft Hanaway for Husch Blackwell.
Jurors brought in for October lead case
On Thursday morning, about 155 potential jurors traveled to the Civil Courts Building in downtown St. Louis to fill out a 15-page questionnaire designed to detect bias.
When the judge is a lawyer’s ex-client
A mother is charging bias against a judge who won’t recuse himself.
ACLU: Suspend executioner’s certification
The ACLU of Eastern Missouri says the American Board of Anesthesiology should suspend the certification of the anesthesiologist slated to execute two Missouri inmates this fall.
St. Louis Circuit Court moves ahead on armed offender docket
The St. Louis Circuit Court will have a chance to vote at its next en banc meeting on whether to establish a special docket for weapons crimes.
Latest Opinion Digests
- Immigration: Asylum-Withholding of Removal-Appellate Jurisdiction
- Criminal Law: Child Pornography-Bottom-of-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
- Civil Practice: Res Judicata-Stop Work Order
- Immigration: Drug Conviction-Removability-Overbreadth of State Offense
- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
Top stories
- Nurse entitled to disability benefits despite working months after accident, Supreme Court rules
- Eastern District rules 10 cases against TitleMax may proceed without arbitration
- Supreme Court declines to hear Republican appeals on abortion ballot initiatives
- Cole County jury awards $1.56 billion in Roundup case headed for appeal
- Jury gives massive award after fleeing suspect causes fatal crash
- 8th Circuit tosses suit claiming false sale prices
- Attorney general releases report on Kim Gardner investigation
- Legal Limelight: Jason C. Smith, Office Managing Partner, Spencer Fane
