Missouri In House Counsel Legal news, updates and analysis

While sometimes creating concerns about corporate culture and morale, the impact of COVID on in-house legal departments has seen a wave of vocational innovation that has transformed ad hoc arrangements into new information sharing capabilities and evolved emergency isolation measures into flexible hybrid working schedules.

Jesus A. Osete has been appointed as general counsel to the Secretary of State’s Office.

The Association of Corporate Counsel-St. Louis Chapter recently honored members at its 2022 Annual Meeting.

A Missouri Senate committee is weighing a bill that would reduce Missouri’s statute of limitations for personal injury suits to two years from the date of injury.

When Amanda Garcia-Williams is asked whether diversity is just a buzzword for some law firms, she quickly mentions three groups. 

The Missouri Supreme Court has returned to in-person arguments and cleared some long awaited cases off its docket. But its annual output remains below normal.

The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether a group of former car owners are bound by an agreement to arbitrate their claims against a loan servicer that is simultaneously suing them for the amounts they still owe on their cars.

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.