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Jackson County will pay $5.3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a former sheriff's deputy who said he was fired because of his age and health conditions.

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Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels against Donald Trump, was sentenced in California on Monday to 14 years in prison for cheating clients out of millions of dollars.

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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cast doubt on a Missouri federal judge’s confirmation of hundreds of arbitration awards against a Kansas City company.

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Liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices are raising sharply conflicting questions in the latest clash of religion and gay rights to reach the high court.

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Hertz says it will pay approximately $168 million by the end of the year to settle the majority of the lawsuits brought against the rental car company by some of its customers who were wrongly accused of stealing cars they had rented.

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The high court decision leaves questions up to future cases to test the statute at issue allowing prosecutors to vacate wrongful convictions in their jurisdiction.

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Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly approved followup clarifications of their watershed criminal justice overhaul Thursday, appeasing critics by adding numerous offenses to a list of crimes that qualify a defendant to remain jailed while awaiting trial.

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Missouri Lawyers Media’s Lawyer of the Year award is meant to honor attorneys who achieved significant results at trial, won precedential rulings on appeal or championed an important cause. In 2022, Joan Swartz did all three.

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A plan to divide more than a half-billion dollars in settlement money for the departure of the NFL's Rams from St. Louis received final approval Wednesday.

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A suburban St. Louis police officer who shot into a fleeing car, seriously injuring the driver, has been sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to give up his police officer's license.

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