Matt Kitzi spent seven years honing a uniquely marketable skill. From late 2005 to 2013, Kitzi served as Missouri’s commissioner of securities under then-Secretary of State Robin Carnahan. As the country’s youngest state securities commissioner at the time, Kitzi oversaw ...
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In the banking world, every loan is different. Or is it? Two years ago, Philip Kirkpatrick, then the senior deputy general counsel of St. Louis-based Rabo AgriFinance, launched an ambitious program to make better use of the wealth of data ...
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From Kirk Damman’s perspective, most patent lawyers serve big companies as “hired guns.” “Which is great — when you know what you want them to shoot at,” he said. But what about smaller companies who might have a great idea ...
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A federal judge has given final approval to a $1.51 billion class-action settlement with Syngenta regarding the company’s use of genetically modified corn.
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Missouri’s venue laws hinge on where the plaintiff was “first injured.” That’s usually clear enough in a car crash or a botched surgery, but a pending legal malpractice suit against a prominent St. Louis law firm is proving harder to pin down.
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This post has been updated with comments from Kevin Corlew. A prominent attorney member of the Missouri House resigned on Dec. 5 after losing re-election last month. State Rep. Kevin Corlew, R-Kansas City and a partner at Shook, Hardy & ...
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The Missouri Supreme Court on Dec. 4 issued a ringing endorsement of the power of local prosecutors.
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The American Tort Reform Association still doesn’t think much of the courts in St. Louis, but this year it likes those in New York City even less.
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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether the state’s implied-consent law violates due process because it claims to “immediately” revoke the licenses of suspected drunken drivers who refuse to submit to a chemical test. Matthew Carvalho was arrested in Washington, ...
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After years of political activism in Jefferson City, Ron Calzone is now considered a lobbyist. He’s not happy about it.
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