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Chris Koster, the former attorney general of Missouri, has been named senior vice president, secretary and general counsel of Centene Corporation.
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Read More »Centene to buy WellCare for $15B creating ACA powerhouse
Centene is spending more than $15 billion on rival WellCare to dive deeper into government-funded health coverage in the same week that President Donald Trump’s administration renewed its attack on the Affordable Care Act. The insurer said Wednesday that its ...
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Read More »Former Centene employee awarded $2.1M in damages
A Jackson County judge on Tuesday awarded $525,449 in front pay to a woman who alleged in a lawsuit that Centene Corp. and AcariaHealth Pharmacy Inc. fired her for refusing to unlawfully submit Medicaid services for reimbursement, bringing her total award to $2.1 million.
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Read More »Centene sues former official, claiming sabotage of lobbying
Centene Corp. has filed a lawsuit against one of its former employees, alleging she attempted to sabotage its lobbying efforts and revealed company trade secrets. Centene filed the lawsuit against Julia Ciorletti, a former vice president of government relations in ...
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Read More »General counsels look to reduce costs
In-house counsels are cutting costs as they face the same financial pressures as their companies and agencies. Among the 350 management-level employees at Ameren offered buyouts are some of the legal department’s 15 lawyers, said Steven Sullivan, general counsel. At ...
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Read More »Redevelopment rules too tough? Try a TIF
A Missouri appeals court may have made it easier to condemn private property for redevelopment. In a decision handed down last week, the Missouri Court of Appeals in Kansas City said the condemnation of property that houses Gigi’s Wigs & ...
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Read More »Best Brief Writer: Tom Weaver
Tom Weaver’s brief-writing skills have their origins in an earlier profession: He was a high school English teacher. The concise, meticulous writing style that Weaver imparted to his students is the same that guided him in the 125 appellate briefs ...
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Read More »Best Litigator: Gerard “Jerry” Carmody
Gerard “Jerry” Carmody, principal of Carmody MacDonald, certainly has the qualifications to be named Missouri’s Best Litigator. With more than 30 years of experience, Carmody has tried over a 100 cases to conclusion in court and has been on the ...
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Read More »Corporate: Securities Fraud – Insufficient Pleading – Scienter
Where plaintiffs who brought a securities fraud class action against Centene Corporation and several officers failed to show that the defendants had misrepresented a material fact or acted with scienter, the district court properly dismissed the action under the elevated ...
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