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Human Rights Commission launches project to speed up cases
The Missouri Commission on Human Rights has embarked on a pilot project to address complaints that it is taking too long to process claims.
The POWER List: Environmental and Energy Law 2022
In this latest edition of THE POWER LIST, Missouri Lawyers Media examines the state’s most powerful attorneys in environmental and energy law.
‘The whole system needs to be revamped’: Retired judge considers roots of Bobby Bostic’s imprisonment
Bobby Bostic and his family planned to join retired Judge Evelyn Baker for Thanksgiving dinner as he adjusts to life outside of prison and she decides her next steps as a justice system advocate.
Attorney disbarred after juggling clients’ funds, faking subpoenaed records
With no way to tell how much to reimburse clients of an attorney who mismanaged his clients’ funds in trust accounts for years, the Missouri Supreme Court disbarred Lorenzo Antoine Hester in a 22-page en banc opinion.
Supreme Court asked to halt Kevin Johnson execution
The Missouri Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an emergency request on Nov. 28 to delay an imminent execution in a test of a new law that allows prosecutors to reverse their own wrongfully obtained convictions.
Andrew Bailey, governor’s general counsel, named attorney general
Missouri’s last two attorneys general left the job early to pursue higher office. Andrew Bailey, it is hoped, will stick around a little longer.
Sunshine Law allows fees for seeking fees, court rules
Lawyers who spent a month and a half getting a governmental entity to turn over documents and 13 years trying to obtain their legal fees were vindicated on Nov. 15 when the Court of Appeals Western District ruled that their entire bill against the state was collectible.
Welcome to Billing Rates 2022
Missouri Lawyers Media’s 2022 Billing Rates section examined fee applications filed with local state and federal courts to give a glimpse, however limited, into the amounts that lawyers in this state charge per hour for their services.
Doctors win on claim by woman left in wheelchair
A doctor and his employer prevailed against a nearly $20 million negligence lawsuit filed by a 71-year-old woman, who blamed the doctor for not investigating her existing spinal cord impingement before she woke up from lumbar surgery unable to move her limbs.
Attorney fees linger after last shareholder lawsuit
Though a dispute between former company directors and the companies that spun off from them ended in 2017, the U.S. District Court of Missouri Eastern District ordered the company of one of the former directors to pay $78,000 in attorney fees on Nov. 7.
Appeals court says child’s placement in D.C. wasn’t abuse of discretion
The Court of Appeals Eastern District on Nov. 8 upheld a judge’s decision to place a child with a foster family in Washington, D.C., over the objection of his biological mother.
Jury to decide which state statute of limitations applies, said 8th Circuit
On the question of whether Missouri’s statute of limitations applies to the premises liability claim of a Missouri trucker who experienced arm numbness in Illinois, an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Nov. 15 opinion leaves that decision up to a jury.
Latest Opinion Digests
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
- Civil Practice: Res Judicata-Stop Work Order
- Immigration: Drug Conviction-Removability-Overbreadth of State Offense
- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
- Domestic Relations : Parenting Plan – Child Support
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Plea – Sentence Advice
Top stories
- Cole County prosecutor loses third Sunshine Law appeal
- Supreme Court weighs lagging symptoms in work comp case
- New accommodation rights for pregnant workers offer broad protections
- Clark named as next Eastern District chief judge
- Russell reflects on change as women take charge of Missouri’s legal system
- NCAA scores positive gender equity review from St. Louis firm
- Big improvements for Missouri bar takers | List of bar passers
- Athena Dickson named vice-president of Missouri Bar
