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The SEC recently passed new regulations it says will ensure that brokers act in their clients’ “best interest.” But what does that mean for you? THE RULE Brokers and advisers must disclose information about fees, costs and potential conflicts of ...

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The St. Louis County Circuit Court  plans to hire a treatment court commissioner, a position generated to handle the increasing number of non-violent cases involving defendants with mental illness and substance-use disorders. The full-time position is the first of its ...

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Mark E. Stallion, an officer in the St. Louis office of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, has been inducted into the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis Alumni Hall of Honor. Stallion, who is one of six inductees for ...

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Where a defendant challenged his sentence in a drug-trafficking case, the district court did not clearly err in concluding that he maintained a premises for the purpose of manufacturing or distributing a controlled substance, so a two-level enhancement was proper, ...

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Where police challenged a denial of qualified immunity and the district court’s findings that a plaintiff had alleged sufficient facts to state claims for unlawful seizure and excessive force, the court erred in not granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss ...

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Defendant was charged with assaulting a postal employee. At trial, defendant was barred upon the government’s motion from presenting a voluntary intoxication defense that he lacked specific intent to assault. The district court agreed with the government that U.S. v. ...

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Where an appellant’s petition for dissolution of marriage was filed in the trial court and dismissed without prejudice so that appellant was free to amend and refile, the appeal must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because the dismissal was ...

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Where a woman was convicted of first-degree involuntary manslaughter after she gave birth at home unattended, there is no duty imposed on expectant mothers to have a medically attended birth, so the fact that the birth was unattended does not ...

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Plaintiff, who suffered from chronic pain and obesity, applied for SSDI. An Administrative Law Judge found that plaintiff suffered from six severe impairments but had residual functional capacity to perform light work with limitations. A vocational expert testified that jobs ...

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  Where a defendant, who was convicted of five sexual offenses against a child victim, challenged the exclusion of specific instances of the victim’s sexual conduct that were near in time to the defendant’s last offense against the victim, the ...

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Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. On appeal, defendant challenged the district court’s application of a two-level enhancement for possession of at least three firearms. Defendant also challenged the denial of a ...

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