Missouri In House Counsel Legal news, updates and analysis

Two years ago, William R. Sampson of Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City set out to help define what “reasonable” data security looks like. The basic answer: More cybersecurity is not always better.

“I was always really more drawn to the business side of law.” Looking over Barbara Enneking’s career, it’s easy to see how true that is.

As the legal department of one for Branson, Chris Lebeck has seen firsthand the need for, and the perils of, each Missouri city crafting its own response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

When Mark Darrell graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1982 in the midst of a lackluster economy, he was happy to land a job at the U.S. Department of Energy. It was a fateful choice.

Nate Berneking’s path to becoming in-house counsel for the United Methodist Church in Missouri had its twists and turns. It’s almost as if a higher power guided him there.

In July, Husch Blackwell launched The Link, a fully remote office that encompasses about 40 attorneys and a dozen staff members in eight locations across the country.

Truman Medical Centers/University Health named former state senator and Kansas City councilmember Jolie Justus as its new general counsel, replacing Bill Colby.

Applying a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling, the Court of Appeals Western District declined to compel arbitration for a man who claims not to have co-signed his grandson’s title loan.

The slow reopening of the economy is a welcome relief for businesses. But in a COVID-19 world, it also brings a host of new challenges for employers.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a woman who was treated for exposure to ant spray in the workplace, then hurt her knee at the doctor’s office while being treated, doesn’t qualify for workers’ compensation.