If a streetcar line ceases operation in the St. Louis area, the federal government may want to be paid back some of the millions of dollars it spent to support the project. That’s the assessment of James Wild, executive director ...
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The goal of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s inaugural Lawyer Well-Being Summit was simple: to reduce some of the stigma surrounding issues of mental health and substance abuse in the profession. The Oct. 10 event was organized by KCMBA’s ...
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A panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled Oct. 8 that a dispute between Sansone Law, a Clayton-based firm, and its former client, collection agency J&M Securities, never ended in a true settlement and thus must return ...
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As he prepares to lead Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, Kevin McLaughlin sees his job as carrying out the vision that his predecessor would still be perfecting had tragedy not struck. “We lost an exceptional leader who had the trust of ...
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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has affirmed a $113.7 million verdict for Missouri corrections officers who said they were denied compensation for pre- and post-shift duties. A Cole County jury issued the award to a class of about ...
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Lyrissa Lidsky is running again. The dean of the University of Missouri School of Law is quick to give updates of her current mileage as she trains for a half-marathon in February. “I ran 4 miles this weekend,” she said ...
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Hover over the gallery to navigate to more photos. Despite his best efforts, Senior U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs did not get the simple affair he’d hoped would mark his 40th year on the federal bench. Approximately 150 ...
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The Missouri Supreme Court on Oct. 1 turned aside challenges to the procedural validity of two recent legislative bills. Ron Calzone, the citizen activist who opposed the bills in court, doubts they will be the last challenges to fail. “My ...
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Read More »A Springfield, Missouri, defense attorney has been charged with paying a witness to lie on the stand in a murder case. Adam Woody, 38, was charged Friday with perjury and two counts of tampering with a witness during a hearing ...
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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering who, if anyone, should rewrite the affidavit that some voters must sign under the state’s photo identification law. The court heard arguments on Oct. 3 in an appeal of a Cole County judge’s ruling ...
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The ACLU of Missouri has sued a Texas County judge and deputies for allegedly illegally detaining three people and testing them for drugs without probable cause. The ACLU filed the suit Sept. 30 in the U.S. District Court for the ...
Tagged with: ACLU of Missouri Arthur Rogers Judge Douglas Gaston Norma Rogers U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri William Hale
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