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Revenue, profits up at Lewis Rice
After a dip last year, MOney 20 firm Lewis Rice & Fingersh has regained most of the ground it lost.
MOney 20 firms moving on the Am Law 100
In advance of Missouri Lawyers Media’s info-packed MOney 20 law-firm rankings report, which will be included in the May 19 edition, we took a peek at another set of rankings: The American Lawyer’s Am Law 100 Report.
Busch IV testifies in gender discrimination pay case
August Busch IV took the stand Tuesday as a gender discrimination case against his family’s former business, Anheuser-Busch, continues its second week of testimony.
More tobacco money due to Missouri
Missouri is due a larger payment as part of the tobacco master settlement, a St. Louis circuit judge has ruled.
Civil trial in drunken wrong-room incident at Ritz slated for August
A posh Clayton hotel will get its turn to defend its actions in the headline-grabbing case of a man who got into bed with a child in what he thought was his hotel room in 2011.
Defense wins product liability suit by paralyzed plaintiff
A St. Louis jury determined that a man paralyzed in a 2009 car accident is not entitled to damages from the manufacturer of the grate that contributed to the crash.
Gender discrimination trial against Anheuser-Busch begins
Francine Katz’s claims of gender discrimination against her former employer, Anheuser-Busch, are being heard before a jury.
Octane Fitness prevails in U.S. Supreme Court fee-shifting case
The standard for awarding attorneys’ fees for prevailing defendants in patent cases is “unduly rigid,” the U.S. Supreme Court found in a decision announced Tuesday that involved a manufacturer represented by a team of Missouri attorneys.
Jury acquits Hughes in wrong-room molestation case
A St. Louis County jury took about three hours Monday to acquit a man who entered the wrong hotel room and touched a 9-year-old girl in what he claims he thought was his bed.
Jury awards damages to injured railway worker
A St. Louis County jury found that a man injured in a low-speed train collision was entitled to $1.85 million for his medical bills and the loss of his career.
Ponzi priest sues his attorneys
Martin T. Sigillito, the attorney and American Anglican Convocation bishop serving a 40-year sentence for orchestrating a massive real estate scheme, has filed suits against the attorneys and law firms that represented him while the scheme was underway.
Trial opens in St. Louis hotel-room molestation case
Neither side in an ongoing criminal trial disputes that a 42-year-old man got into a hotel bed with a 9-year-old girl and touched her.
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