Missouri In House Counsel Legal news, updates and analysis

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 10 that it’s the job of the courts, not an arbitrator, to decide if a defendant litigated a case too long before seeking arbitration.

A recent opinion of the Missouri Supreme Court has doomed an arbitrator’s award in favor of a car dealership, subjecting it once gain to a class-action lawsuit.

Missouri businesses and organizations strangled by the dangers of the coronavirus will soon be able to guarantee a relatively safe return to offices and similar public spaces with digitized, highly verifiable “vaccine passports.”

Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill intended to offer liability protection for health care workers, manufacturers and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The idea behind the company, Clear Blue Smiles, was that it would marry the best of the traditional practice and the convenience of new technology that allows people to fix their smiles without making regular visits to see an orthodontist.

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.

Bill Quatman retired after a nearly 40-year career as an attorney who negotiated design and construction contracts and represented architects and engineers in legal disputes.