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Nearly one in four people who took the Missouri bar exam in July did not pass, marking the lowest pass rate for the test in at least 15 years.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Sept. 14 that Lincoln County’s presiding judge didn’t have the authority to effectively remove the local circuit clerk from office.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 7 affirmed a $3.6 million judgment in favor of a warehouse management company in a dispute with the Schnucks grocery store chain.

Judges can now approve lifelong protection orders. The same law also adds to the legal definition of stalking and reduces the number of court appearances for both attorneys and their clients over time.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Sept. 7 affirmed a $770,000 judgment for a Missouri Department of Corrections official who claimed she faced discrimination.

The Appellate Judicial Commission will interview a total of 26 potential candidates for two appellate court vacancies on opposite sides of the state.

After rescheduling twice due to COVID-19, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis hosted its 2021 Law Day and Annual Meeting on Sept. 9. Political commentator George F. Will spoke to an in-person audience at the Four Seasons Hotel.

A Linn County jury returned a $9 million verdict on Sept. 1 for a woman who lost her leg in a motorcycle accident.

A Missouri inmate will get another chance to pursue his claims that correctional officials destroyed or lost his property, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled on Aug. 31.

A split panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 26 denied post-conviction relief to a Missouri inmate who was tried simultaneously for two murders that occurred five years apart.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled Aug. 31 that a Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard partner’s files could be disclosed during discovery in litigation that lingers after the collapse of a party tent in 2012.