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A federal appeals court is considering whether a string of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases require states to adopt special parole procedures to ensure the constitutional rights of juveniles sentenced to life without parole.

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a 2016 law granting juvenile offenders sentenced to life without parole the chance for a hearing before the state parole board, denying a prison inmate’s challenge of the law.

A Missouri appeals court has affirmed a man’s $10,000 verdict after finding he was not entitled to a new trial based on an allegation of juror misconduct because he took too long to report it to the judge.

A federal appeals court is set to consider whether a line of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases involving juveniles sentenced to life without parole requires states to adopt special measures to ensure their constitutional rights are met.

A federal judge has ordered the state of Missouri to overhaul its parole-revocation process after ruling that the state’s reform efforts in response to a class action lawsuit fell short of satisfying due process requirements.

A second Missouri law school has teamed up with the University of Central Missouri to provide undergraduates with a fast track to a law degree.

A jury has awarded $21 million in damages to a St. Louis couple who filed a design-defect suit against hip-implant system manufacturer Biomet Inc. — an outcome their attorney called the largest-known verdict of its kind in U.S. history.

A new order in St. Louis County that prohibits indoor dining to help stem the spread of the coronavirus has prompted a lawsuit filed against county officials by the Missouri Restaurant Association and more than 40 area restaurants.

A federal jury has awarded a Columbia man $750,000 in damages after his wedding ring got caught in home exercise equipment, causing him to lose a finger.

The Jackson County Circuit Court has cancelled all jury trials through the end of the year in response to a significant increase in COVID-19 cases in the region.

A federal judge has approved an $8.5 million class action settlement to resolve consumers’ claims that O’Reilly Auto Parts deceptively and misleadingly labeled, marketed and sold its name-brand ‘303’ tractor-hydraulic fluid product to consumers.