A federal judge has granted class certification in a lawsuit alleging a bar in Kansas City’s Power & Light entertainment district violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by texting patrons who were on the national do-not-call registry. On April 27, ...

Tagged with: do-not-call registry Judge Nanette K. Laughrey Power & Light entertainment district Shark Bar Telephone Consumer Protection Act U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

A federal judge has refused to approve a settlement that would have set limits on Missouri public defender caseloads, saying it is “not the vehicle” to ensure the state meets its obligations to indigent criminal defendants. In a Jan. 27 ...

Tagged with: ACLU of Missouri indigent criminal defendants Judge Nanette K. Laughrey Missouri State Public Defender Commission Missouri State Public Defender System public defender caseload

A federal judge has entered an $18.3 million judgment against a Canadian company, which leased a North Kansas City warehouse for its bitcoin-mining operation, after the company allegedly paid some of its bills late and failed to pay others altogether. ...

Tagged with: 1520 Swift LLC bitcoin mining BMMTech breach of contract Dentons Judge Nanette K. Laughrey

The fate of a $34.3M class-action verdict against State Farm could be based on the meaning of the term “based on” in the company’s life insurance policies. The June 2018 verdict in federal court in Jefferson City was the fifth-largest ...

Tagged with: class-action verdict Judge Nanette K. Laughrey State Farm Insurance