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Eight years of bitter litigation was supposed to come to a head on Aug. 6 in Jackson County Circuit Court, until a last-minute lawsuit against the plaintiff’s attorney delayed the trial for at least six months. The long-running dispute centers ...

As a lawyer and independent-minded Republican, Rep. Jay Barnes might have spent his last session fielding questions on arcane areas of law and pushing back on such legislative priorities as tort reform. But when Gov. Eric Greitens was charged with a crime, Barnes was tapped to lead the House’s own investigation of the governor.

A pharmaceutical company will get to keep its equipment in Kansas City following a federal jury’s verdict in its favor. Nostrum Laboratories, based in Somerset, New Jersey, has a manufacturing operation in Kansas City for specialty pharmaceuticals. The plant’s equipment ...

A former Missouri official who faced a tough fight over part of the Affordable Care Act faced another daunting challenge in trying to get paid for his work. Jay Angoff was the lead plaintiffs’ attorney in a lawsuit filed in ...

It’s no secret that New York is pricier than St. Louis, and that is certainly true when it comes to the amount that attorneys charge by the hour. A recent bankruptcy filing illustrates just how much. When the coal company ...

Circuit and associate circuit judges across the state went before the voters in the Aug. 7 primary. Although most partisan judicial races were uncontested, five incumbent judges lost their seats as a result of the election. In the 5th Circuit, ...

Three trial judges have been selected as finalists for a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District.

A man serving a life sentence for rape had no luck persuading the Supreme Court to reduce his prison time based on a post-Civil War sentencing law. But he was able to convince the court to throw out its own ...

The Court of Appeals Western District on Tuesday upheld a $5.75 million jury verdict against Kansas City businessman David Jungerman, who is accused of murdering the attorney who won the case against him.

A federal appeals court said a Cape Girardeau man can sue the police officers who arrested him for making an ill-advised post on Facebook.

Jackson County’s primary ballot will contain a few extraneous names, following a judge’s ruling on July 31.