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A Missouri judge on Monday ruled that the state’s lone abortion clinic can continue performing abortions through Friday but kicked the clinic’s lawsuit out of court. St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer extended a preliminary injunction he previously issued in order to ...

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Steven Baumer has been elected to succeed Therese Pritchard as co-chair of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, the firm announced today. Baumer, a St. Louis-based partner who specializes in mergers and acquisitions and other complex business transactions, will begin a four-year ...

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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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Missouri’s only abortion clinic, already facing the threat of losing its license, says it will defy the state by refusing to perform a required pelvic examination days before an abortion. Calling the exam requirement “disrespectful and dehumanizing,” a Planned Parenthood ...

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Two Riverside attorneys admitted to violating ethics rules in the midst of a contentious child-custody dispute and apologized for conduct that previously led a Clay County judge to order $100,000 in sanctions against them. At their joint disciplinary-panel hearing June ...

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St. Louis’ top prosecutor has added 22 more names to a list of city police officers who are not allowed to bring cases to her office, after a national group accused the officers of posting racist and anti-Muslim comments on ...

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Some black activists in St. Louis say there’s an unfair racial component to criticism of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner over her hiring of a man who led the investigation of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and who now ...

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A new Jackson County Family Court pilot program aims to make it easier for attorneys to serve as pro bono counsel for parents in child-abuse and neglect cases. Under the pilot program, attorneys can volunteer to regularly represent parents who ...

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Jackson County prosecutors have revealed more evidence in their case against a Raytown man accused of fatally shooting a Kansas City attorney, including allegations of “incriminating” searches of firearms and how to kill using them. In a June 10 filing ...

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The gunfire that has long haunted St. Louis streets has taken an even more disturbing turn, with a rash of shootings involving children that has left the city’s police chief angered and frustrated by the lack of cooperation of witnesses. ...

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Many residents of a rural southwestern Missouri county are critical of a state law that restricts how much local authorities can regulate industrial feedlots and say they feel betrayed by their local representatives who backed the legislation. Speakers at a ...

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