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The Missouri Supreme Court has proposed revisions to Rules 7.2 and 7.3, which would require attorneys to include disclaimers in all their advertisements, and would place additional restrictions on direct contact by attorneys with prospective clients. If the proposed changes ...

“Legal temps” are becoming an increasingly popular and economical solution to the short-term staffing needs of Missouri law firms. Large and small firms and corporations have all joined the national trend to utilize temporary professional personnel for projects or special ...

Civil Practice How To Get Prejudgment Interest On Policy Claim Is a written demand necessary to trigger prejudgment interest on an insurance claim? No, says the Eastern District Court of Appeals. In so holding, the court declined to follow a ...

Post-conviction interviews of jurors and venirepersons by a convicted murderer’s attorney were properly prohibited by the trial court, according to a case decided January 11 by the Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals. The defendant wanted to talk ...

Court Automation, Smaller Juries On Legislative Agenda The Missouri General Assembly will tackle a wide array of legislation this session that will affect the practice of law in the state. If passed, pending bills would: *Bring computer automation to all ...

No Venue Preference To Mother’s Residence A change of venue is improper in a paternity case brought in the county of his residence by a man who seeks to be declared the father of a child, according to the Southern ...

An employee who is fired because of a court order directing the employer to withhold and pay over child support can sue for wrongful discharge and seek reinstatement, back wages, attorney’s fees, costs, and the amount of any child support ...

Six adults adopted by one man in less than two months are not entitled to share in the estate of the man’s grandmother if the grandmother did not intend to make gifts to persons with no “familial tie” with her ...

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri has drafted a complete revision of its Local Rules of Practice. The rules were revised in response to changes in the Federal Bankruptcy Rules and requests from the bankruptcy bar, ...

A father who failed to pay court-ordered support for his daughter did not “neglect” the girl, because she was not in need of care, according to the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals. So when the girl’s mother ...

Worker’s Negligence Claim Against City To Be Reviewed The Supreme Court has granted transfer of two civil cases and one criminal case, while denying 29 other applications to transfer. The high court will hear appeals of cases involving civil instructions, ...