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In the eyes of the law, David Robinson was a free man on the afternoon of May 14. Both Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley and Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Boyd said they would not retry Robinson on a murder ...

An attorney faces charges that he assaulted a stranger at random as well as a police officer in October during an incident in downtown Springfield.

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  Months after a federal judge in Kansas approved an injunction against a new law prohibiting that state from doing business with contractors engaging in boycotts of Israel, Missouri lawmakers are pushing similar legislation as the legislative session nears its ...

The woman whose claims of sexual harassment and retaliation led to the resignation of former Jackson County Sheriff Mike Sharp in April has agreed to dismiss her case. On May 7, the Jackson County legislature approved a resolution authorizing the ...

A Missouri appeals court has ruled that school districts are not “persons” that can be liable for discrimination in public accommodation under the Missouri Human Rights Act.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of lawsuits against a company that handled nuclear waste in the St. Louis area during World War II and the Cold War, saying the plaintiffs exceeded the statute of limitations to bring their claims.

For a second time, a Kansas City attorney is arguing that a local court rule that allows the Jackson County Circuit Court to appoint attorneys as pro bono counsel in juvenile cases is unconstitutional. John Ziegelmeyer, of HKM Employment Attorneys, ...

The Missouri Supreme Court rejected arguments from Moniteau County Prosecuting Attorney Shayne Healea that the Attorney General’s Office should be disqualified from prosecuting him for felony vehicular assault and that an investigative report pertaining to the case should remain sealed.

Missouri Supreme Court arguments on May 1 in the case of Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric G. Zahnd quickly touched on a key defense: that Zahnd’s actions of publicly naming and criticizing prominent community members for supporting a man convicted ...

Attorneys from across the state gathered May 3 to honor the contributions of women in the legal profession at Missouri Lawyers Media’s 20th Annual Women’s Justice Awards.

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Another attorney’s broken foot proved to be Judith Westmoreland’s foot in the door to Kansas City’s legal community when she arrived without a job in 2013. Westmoreland, a staff attorney at Jackson County CASA, is a native of Austin, Texas, ...

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