Kyle Gottuso has joined Armstrong Teasdale as of-counsel in the firm’s St. Louis office. Gottuso, whose practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, has handled contentious IP matters in U.S. District Courts around the country and before the U.S. Patent and ...

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Armstrong Teasdale has added two attorneys in its St. Louis office. Andrew B. Whitehead is a partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice group. He previously was in-house counsel and chief privacy officer for Energizer and MasterCard. He earned his ...

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Jan. 1 is the traditional date for law firms to announce newly promoted partners. For at least two prominent firms this year, it was also the time for transitions of leadership. As of the new year, Steve Baumer formally assumed ...

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A dozen law firms either headquartered in Missouri or with a footprint in the state received top marks for their commitment to fostering LGBTQ equality in the workplace. On Jan. 21, the Human Rights Campaign issued its annual Corporate Equality ...

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Nearly two years ago, Susan Ford Robertson and Thomas B. Weaver spent an hour before the Missouri Supreme Court arguing a case with an unwieldy caption on a seemingly dry-as-dust topic: the proper venue for a lawsuit. The case was ...

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A St. Louis County circuit judge ruled Jan. 10 that Armstrong Teasdale doesn’t owe severance to a former equity partner who continued to practice law following his retirement. The ruling could mark the end of the last piece of a ...

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Armstrong Teasdale has promoted 14 Missouri attorneys to partner, effective Jan. 1, in one of the firm’s largest groups of partner promotions in recent years. They are among a total of 18 attorneys promoted in the firm’s offices in St. ...

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In November 2018, 1.5 million Missourians voted “yes” on Amendment 2, legalizing medical marijuana as part of the state constitution. The overwhelming vote made Missouri the 33rd state to make cannabis legal in some form, even as it remains forbidden ...

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Ebonie Davis has joined Armstrong Teasdale’s office in Kansas City. Davis is an associate in the firm’s financial and real estate services practice group. Before joining Armstrong Teasdale, Davis was an attorney for the USDA’s Office of the General Counsel. ...

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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 3 that federal age discrimination laws don’t prevent Armstrong Teasdale from forcing an equity partner to retire at age 70. The ruling brings to an apparent close part of a long-running ...

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It had become almost routine for juries in St. Louis to issue massive verdicts on behalf of groups of plaintiffs from across the country who picked Missouri as the place to fight their corporate adversaries. But after a Missouri Supreme ...

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