Two Missouri judges have been recognized as fellows of the Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource (ASTAR).

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A blood-spatter expert in a premises liability case may not have lied about his credentials, but he didn’t tell the truth either, said a St. Louis judge who granted a stabbing victim’s motion for a new trial in a premises liability lawsuit.

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A St. Louis judge has approved a $65 million class action settlement between AT&T and municipalities throughout the state. St. Louis Circuit Judge Edward Sweeney approved the settlement Monday, and he affirmed the $16.25 million awarded to class counsel in ...

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A St. Louis judge has approved a $65 million class action settlement between AT&T and municipalities throughout the state. St. Louis Circuit Judge Edward Sweeney approved the settlement on Monday, and he affirmed $16.25 million of the settlement being awarded ...

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A St. Louis judge has denied six University City residents’ motion to intervene in a class action lawsuit against AT&T. The residents are objecting to the $16.25 million being awarded to the attorneys in the lawsuit as part of a ...

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The parties returned in the afternoon with slight changes made to their proposed order for the final settlement mostly relating to the court having the ability to make a separate order regarding the attorneys’ fees. St. Louis Circuit Judge Edward ...

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There’s a reason they call them deadlines. St. Louis Alderwoman Bennice Jones King waited until after she lost her bid for re-election as alderwoman of the 21st Ward to challenge her opponent’s qualifications. But the deadline for such challenges is ...

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It was the “tweet” heard around the legal world. Two weeks ago, a juror in Fayetteville, Ark., used his cell phone to broadcast messages about the progress of the trial via Twitter, a micro-blogging Web site. “I just gave away ...

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