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The Missouri Supreme Court on March 7 took action against two attorneys who were convicted of crimes.
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Read More »Supreme Court disbars attorney, suspends another after guilty pleas
How the innocent few gain freedom
Lamar Johnson is just the second person to be released with the help of a 2021 state law that allows prosecutors to consider new evidence. Here’s what the cases of those freed so far with the law — and those who haven’t — have in common.
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Read More »Attorney gets 3-year probation for mismanaged trust account
A St. Louis County attorney is on probation for three years after the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel argued for his disbarment a week prior.
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Read More »The POWER List: Health Care Law 2023
In this latest edition of THE POWER LIST, a regular feature from Missouri Lawyers Media, we examine the most powerful attorneys in health care law.
Read More »Supreme Court stops short of suspension for attorney
The Missouri Supreme Court on March 7 reprimanded a criminal defense attorney who became personally entangled in his own client’s case.
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Read More »Federal judge strikes down Missouri gun-rights law
A federal judge has struck down Missouri's Second Amendment Protection Act, finding the law to be “an impermissible nullification attempt that violates the Supremacy Clause” of the U.S. Constitution.
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Read More »DHSS must explain marijuana license denials
A Missouri appeals court directed that the state should accept a previously denied medical marijuana cultivation facility license after the state failed to specify what was missing from the company’s application.
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Read More »Circuit clerk faces contempt for deficient speadsheet
The Missouri Supreme Court is deciding whether contempt of court was appropriate in a judge’s dispute with a circuit clerk.
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Read More »Supreme Court sets June 6 execution date for Tisius
The Missouri Supreme court has scheduled a June execution date for Michael Andrew Tisius.
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Read More »Missouri debates ban on LGBTQ education for all grades
Missouri lawmakers argued Wednesday over a bill that would ban most LGBTQ education subjects for all grades in the state's public schools.
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Read More »Man to be executed in June for killing 2 Missouri jailers
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set a June execution date for man convicted of killing two Missouri jailers during a botched attempt to free a friend.
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