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A downturn in the U.S. economy in 2020 led to a busy year for Trina Ricketts, a shareholder in Ogletree Deakins’ Kansas City office.

A team of Polsinelli attorneys who help clients obtain patents for their inventions has created an innovation of its own: proprietary software that uses artificial intelligence to help lawyers draft patent applications.

Ask any employment attorney about the state of U.S. independent contractor law today, and you’re likely to get a similar answer.

Missouri’s Advisory Committee on Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution is a group with a long name but a straightforward mission: to meet weekly and advise state leaders on who should have priority to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

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.

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.

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.