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Defense wins trial in software dispute
A federal jury decided that St. Louis entrepreneur Dave Barton was an owner of software his company used, defeating a lawsuit filed by the software’s programmer.
Moser & Marsalek files for bankruptcy
The shrunken insurance defense firm Moser & Marsalek filed for bankruptcy Monday, four months after its landlord sued over unpaid rent on its downtown St. Louis office.
Jury rules for defense in software dispute
A federal jury decided last week that St. Louis entrepreneur Dave Barton, along with the software programmer, owned software his company used.
UPDATED: Two sentenced in Sigillito Ponzi scheme
Liz Stajduhar-Perigen and James Scott Brown both cooperated with prosecutors unraveling a $52.5 million Ponzi scheme. Both testified at the criminal trial of Martin Sigillito, the St. Louis County attorney and cleric who led the conspiracy.
Federal court preps for SLU law students
The U.S. District Court in St. Louis is gearing up for an influx of Saint Louis University law students downtown.
St. Louis federal court starts video program
The U.S. District Court in St. Louis is joining a cameras-in-the-courtroom pilot program already in progress.
8 fun facts about complex cases
A seven-member federal judicial panel has heard arguments on everything from the number of elevators in Las Vegas to the location of the chocolate capital of the world when deciding on whether and where to centralize cases with the same defendants and similar issues under a single judge.
Kenneth Starr: High court is committed to protecting free speech
On its June 18cover, Time magazine declared U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was “The Decider,” on issues from gay marriage to the Affordable Health Care Act.
Two sentenced in Sigillito Ponzi scheme
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced two people connected to a $52.5 million Ponzi scheme run by St. Louis County attorney and cleric Martin Sigillito.
UPDATED: North Face calls new Butt contemptible
The owners of South Butt agreed never to show their butt again — or, at least, brands that could be confused with The North Face — when they settled a lawsuit in 2010 brought by North Face over their parody clothing brand.
Appeals court: St. Louis law chills free speech
A St. Louis ordinance that bans demonstrations that could cause rubbernecking traffic slowdowns is unconstitutional, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday.
Billing Rates 2012: Nonprofit attorneys set their rates lower than private firm counterparts
John Ammann has 18 years’ experience as the director of Saint Louis University School of Law Legal Clinics, but you wouldn’t know it to look at his reported hourly billing rate.
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
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