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A bid by potential buyers of a car dealership in south St. Louis County to close the deal through the courts broke down in October when a jury declined to compel the sale. “Procedurally, this was a unique case,” said ...

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For Sarah I. Wilson, becoming assistant general counsel of CoxHealth felt like “drinking from a firehose.” Having focused for the first eight years of her career on real estate at a law firm, she found herself in 2014 racing to ...

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While in junior high, Anna Selby resolved to practice law after watching her father, a physician, agonize over a medical-malpractice lawsuit. “I was surprised at how it affected him,” she said. To her, the alleged injury seemed minor. “He took ...

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In Jarica L. Oeltjen’s office, she keeps a note pinned on her wall. It’s from the treasurer of a rural water district in southern Missouri. Oeltjen represented the district in litigation early in her career and won on summary judgment. ...

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Trashed art supplies — even that can draw the attention of Mary E. Nelson, general counsel of St. Louis Community College. Here’s why: The art departments on campus use a hodgepodge of materials in their creations, she explained. Some end ...

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In the year to come, the City of Ferguson is expected to launch a major reform effort: the tamping down of bias in its police force and municipal court. And Kimberly Jade Norwood will be watching — and facilitating. Ferguson’s ...

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By her own admission, Kara D. Larson is “a terrible backseat driver.” As assistant general counsel at Kansas City Power & Light, she spends most of her time managing people and processes, but sometimes she can’t help delving into the ...

In its ongoing federal lawsuit, which was filed in February 2018 and recently survived a motion to dismiss, Major Brands alleges that rival Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the largest distributor in North America, improperly took away her business with Jägermeister.

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A split decision by the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals may affect how public officials in Missouri treat subordinates who challenge them during elections.

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District issued a ruling April 9 that teased out the difference between attorney abandonment and an attorney’s filing of a “statement en lieu” — that is, a document in which post-conviction counsel tells the court that he or she has found no facts or claims to add to a defendant’s pro se petition.

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You don’t have to wear pajamas while volunteering on the website Free Legal Answers — but you can. And some Missouri attorneys do.

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