A Missouri appeals court has ruled for the first time that a person does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy when it comes to text messages the person sent to third parties. On Dec. 10, a three-judge panel of ...

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The Court of Appeals Western District ruled Aug. 6 that the Missouri Human Rights Commission was able to give a plaintiff the go-ahead for two claims arising from the same set of facts. In 2016, Charles Watkins filed a claim ...

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Briefing deficiencies led the Court of Appeals Western District to dismiss what appears to be its first case involving the use of home-sharing platform Airbnb. The July 9 ruling came in the appeal of Carlos Guerra, who leased two apartment ...

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