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Forty-five mask-requiring school districts in Missouri face lawsuits from Attorney General Eric Schmitt, and some school leaders and elected officials are questioning if he really has the best interest of the state at heart.

For seven years, the state pursued an employee embezzlement case in Greene County Court. On Dec. 16, 2021, the judge acquitted the defendant because the state lacked evidence that the crime happened.

Police officials are conducting an internal investigation to determine why a man suspected of domestic assault was released from a St. Louis jail without being charged, authorities said Monday.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on Tuesday upheld a lower court's ruling that the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office violated the state's open records law by not producing records sought by a conservative journalist.

The Securities Division of the Secretary of State’s Office alleges that Sean A. Brady engaged in dishonest and unethical conduct involving investors in Missouri and Florida, including falsifying client signatures on documents.

The conservative-dominated Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions, adding affirmative action to major cases on abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 already on the agenda.

The attorney general’s office heads back to court Feb. 8 to halt the St. Louis County Council’s face covering order. The judge who struck down the AGO’s temporary restraining order said that for the office to win, it needs more than what it filed in its latest motion.

Missouri Lawyers Media took a long look back at this incredible year to not only identify those gladiators who marked big verdict and settlement wins for their clients in 2021, but those whose actions in and out of the courtroom have had — or will have — significant impact on the profession.

On Jan. 11 the Missouri Supreme Court affirmed a board of education’s decision to fire a teacher who tried to download the school drive to her personal email.

A once-prominent South Carolina lawyer now faces 71 charges that he stole nearly $8.5 million in wrongful death and wreck settlements from more than a dozen people after another round of indictments against Alex Murdaugh were handed up Friday.

Gov. Mike Parson is recommending a nearly 6 percent increase in the judiciary’s budget for the 2023 fiscal year, largely due to salary increases.