Missouri In House Counsel Legal news, updates and analysis

Despite confusion, employment law attorneys recommend being proactive and transparent with employees in response to COVID-19 mandates, legal challenges to those mandates and virus variants.

Prospective hires currently have the upper hand when searching for the right law firm to practice. As coastal law firms poach associates and partners in the Midwest, some Missouri law firms are offering higher pay and other benefits to even the playing field.

A lot of small cases and a lot of small screens added up to a big series of arbitration awards for a Kansas City litigation team — with more on the way.

In selecting the honorees for the In-House Counsel Awards, we look not only at expertise in the legal profession, but the commitment and impact these attorneys have made within their companies.

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.