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The Missouri House approved three bills on Wednesday that could significantly change punitive damages and products-liability cases. The bills would limit the circumstances under which a plaintiff can seek punitive damages; impose a 15-year window for products-liability suits; and make ...

A criminal charge against a sitting Missouri governor is unheard of. Gov. Eric Greitens now faces two. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced late Friday that she had charged Greitens with felony computer tampering stemming from allegations that Greitens ...

The passing rate for those who took the Missouri bar exam in February remained low for a second year in a row. Just 63.4 percent of 246 test takers passed the February exam, according to figures released Wednesday by the ...

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Chesterfield attorney can be sued under federal and state consumer-protection laws in regard to the way he sought to collect a debt.

The Court of Appeals Western District on Tuesday ordered a new trial for a man convicted of fatal child abuse, ruling that evidence of the large reptiles he kept in his home was “irrelevant and inflammatory.”

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on Tuesday said a lawyer could not be sued by criminal defendants for his handling of a civil case they allege led to their federal charges. The ruling also cleared the lawyer’s firm ...

A federal appeals court ordered part of a $20.6 million jury verdict to be retried against a Missouri-based ball-bearings manufacturer after finding that its corporate parent was wrongly assigned part of the blame. A federal jury in 2016 found Jodelle ...

Reformed felons who seek to restore their gun rights just might be out of luck in Missouri courts. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled April 3 that a man convicted of felony drug possession more than 40 years ago still is ...

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The allegations against Gov. Eric Greitens are detailed. Salacious. “Beyond disturbing,” as the speaker of the Missouri House described the alleged conduct of a governor of his own party.

The Missouri Supreme Court has suspended a former Brown & James associate for mistakes and misconduct in a case he brought with him when he joined the firm. The Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel alleged that Jonathan D. McDowell missed ...