On Sept. 23, a Saint Louis University law professor filed a potential class action lawsuit asking for wages for volunteers at marathons organized by what she had originally assumed was a nonprofit – but isn’t.

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Is a state parens patriae lawsuit really a class action in disguise for federal jurisdiction purposes?

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A federal judge has approved a $1.1 million settlement of a lawsuit that alleged the former Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages didn’t pay hundreds of St. Louis advertising salespeople for work done before and after assigned shifts.

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In a previous case, the court ruled a consumer class action could not go forward because plaintiffs failed to establish damages on a class-wide basis.

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A Jackson County jury returned a verdict that could top $1.1 million in a class action suit against a title company. But after more than seven years of litigation, the parties still dispute the significance of the result.

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An employee suspected of going on a shooting rampage at the ABB Inc. manufacturing plant in North St. Louis last Thursday was part of a class suing the company over pension losses. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, ...

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A lawsuit in Missouri against Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc. has moved from state to federal court – and may be on its way elsewhere as part of a national class action suit or multidistrict litigation. The lawsuit accuses the ...

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A class action suit against Ethex Corp. was filed on Wednesday in St. Louis County Court, alleging that the company’s pharmaceutical tablets contained a larger dose than listed on the label. Howard Fox, the named plaintiff in the suit, purchased ...

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