Missouri In House Counsel Legal news, updates and analysis

Nothing about George E. Wolf III’s transition from the Jackson County Circuit Court bench to his in-house role at HNTB earlier this year has been typical.

As millions of people work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, their homes are quickly becoming the new battleground for hackers to access sensitive information.

During the past 24 years, Chuck Etherington has had a front-row seat to the growth of American Century Investments through his work in the company’s legal department.

When he first came to the United States in 2002 to intern for Armstrong Teasdale in St. Louis, Sven Fickeler planned to stay for only four months before returning to his native Germany.

During the course of his 30-year legal career, Greg Omer has witnessed many developments in financial law.

Like many other employment attorneys who have faced an avalanche of work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Laura Staley has had no shortage of workplace issues on her plate this year.

If the Great Recession of 2008 is any indication, 2020 and beyond could be especially litigious years for companies seeking to defend their patents against infringement claims from non-practicing entities, known more colloquially as patent trolls.

A group of Missouri businesses have cleared a significant early hurdle in a suit that alleges their insurer declined to cover business-interruption losses from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some employers may be itching to bring back their employees to the workplace. Not so fast, labor and employment attorneys say.

From a big-picture perspective, it’s critical for in-house legal teams to consider a wide range of issues, from reviewing contracts for force majeure provisions, to labor and employment issues surrounding employees who get sick, and more.