The First Amendment Clinic at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law has yet to convene, but already, the fall and spring semesters are full — with waitlists. The clinic’s director will be newly minted Assistant Professor Lisa Hoppenjans, ...
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A federal appeals court has rejected a political activist’s arguments that a Missouri law allowing random inspections of commercial vehicles without probable cause is unconstitutional. On July 26, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled ...
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Spencer Fane announced a combination with Houston-based firm Zimmerman, Axelrad, Stern & Wise effective Aug. 1. The move gives the Kansas City-based law firm its third office in Texas and 19 new attorneys. Spencer Fane opened offices in Dallas and ...
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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has ruled that graduate students at the University of Missouri count as “employees” under the Missouri Constitution’s protections for collective bargaining rights. But, the appellate court added, it’s not clear if the school ...
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A panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled July 26 that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner is entitled to qualified immunity from a suit brought by a man held in custody for a week after the ...
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Read More »A museum that celebrates a century of children’s literature with immersive galleries, dozens of exhibits and a lab to encourage young people to read and write is opening in a Kansas City warehouse next year, according to the artist-driven nonprofit ...
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The governors in Kansas and Missouri have moved to end an economic “border war” that has gained their states unwanted national attention for using millions of dollars in incentives to entice companies into shifting jobs close to the Kansas City-area ...
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Read More »Federal data indicates drug overdose deaths in Kansas and Missouri are on the rise even as national drug-related fatalities are in decline. Provisional data released this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows drug-related deaths in the ...
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Among 34 pages of revisions to Missouri’s bond rules that took effect July 1, the phrase that has caused a stir is only 14 words long. It appears at the end of a list of factors that judges “shall take ...
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A St. Louis County judge again has issued a warrant to jail a St. Louis attorney for contempt of court. On July 29, Circuit Judge Kristine Kerr entered a second amended warrant for Chelsea Merta to serve 48 hours in ...
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A St. Louis-based entertainment lawyer persuaded a Los Angeles jury last week that part of Katy Perry’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” was lifted from a Missouri-based Christian rap artist, earning the plaintiffs $2.78 million in damages. Michael Kahn of Capes ...
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