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What is a job worth? So far, the answer from Missouri courts is: not enough to enforce an arbitration contract, at least if the employee is at-will. Now a series of cases pending this fall in the Missouri Supreme Court ...

A former UPS driver who claimed he was unfairly denied an eight-hour work day lost his disability-discrimination case against the company following a decision by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The en banc court voted, 6-3, earlier this ...

Patrick O’Leary makes it clear that he believes in leading by example. “I really feel like in the legal profession we’ve sort of taken the lead in trying to create diversity and expand opportunities for all lawyers, regardless of background,” ...

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The precise parameters of when a Missouri business can be held responsible for a crime that occurs on its property has long been determined on a case-by-case basis. But in late August, a new law comes into play. On July ...

When University of Missouri Law School graduate Alyson Carrel first heard about a three-week legal “boot camp” to be held in Chicago in May, and its curriculum offering in-house training, she did not expect a big draw. “We weren’t sure ...

On the surface, Equifax and Lord & Taylor may seem to have little in common. The unwelcome distinction they share? Along with several other major companies, the worldwide credit-reporting agency and the nation’s oldest department store both were struck by ...

Matthew Geekie has been an in-house corporate attorney long enough to remember simpler times. “Going back 30 years ago, the general counsel was looked at more as a resource book,” said Geekie, senior vice president, secretary and general counsel at ...

Attorney and journalist Dan Abrams has some key advice to lawyers who find themselves on the business end of a reporter’s question: No matter what you think about the media, don’t ignore it.