Several years ago, Steve Koslovsky decided to launch a second career of teaching English as a foreign language. He said he thought it would enable him to travel the world as he neared retirement. He didn’t think it would enable him to continue to practice law in Missouri.
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Read More »Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has called the Missouri Legislature into special session the week of Sept. 10-14 to pass a bill to help treatment courts. Parson vetoed the treatment-court bill in July. Although he said such courts “serve a valuable ...
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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District affirmed a $2.4 million nationwide class-action settlement with a dog-treat maker, despite objections from some of the class members. The global settlement approved last year resolved suits filed in Missouri and California alleging ...
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The Court of Appeals Western District said the owners of a Kansas City bar destroyed in a gas explosion owe about $50,000 in court costs to a defendant who prevailed at trial. JJ’s Bar & Grill won a negligence suit ...
Read More »The city of St. Louis has agreed to amend its Project 87 program — which permits condemnation of alleged nuisance properties if occupants decline a building inspection tied to a police search — in a settlement with a family who ...
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Missouri Lawyers Media will honor 45 attorneys from around the state with its 2018 Up & Coming Awards, which recognize early-career lawyers who demonstrate professional excellence while making a positive impact on their profession and communities.
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The Missouri Supreme Court resumes oral arguments on Sept. 5 with back-to-back cases that challenge a state law requiring sizeable medical-malpractice awards to be paid out at a dribble.
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The top prosecutor in St. Louis has established what she calls an “exclusion list” of 28 city police officers and is reviewing all open cases in which those officers were essential witnesses, a spokeswoman for the circuit attorney’s office said ...
Read More »U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is seizing on an issue that she believes resonates in even the most conservative corners of the state — the financial future of the lowest-wage earners. The two-term incumbent campaigned Thursday in St. Louis, where she ...
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One of the largest Missouri jury verdicts of 2016 settled for $30.5 million following an Aug. 28 ruling from the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District.
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