A Springfield company accused of conspiring to create a national advertising campaign to sell a knock-off cat toy has lost its appeal to reopen the lawsuit against it so it can seek attorneys’ fees. A three-judge panel of the 8th ...

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Multiple law firm services and businesses met Feb. 21 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Kansas City for a special screening of “Just Mercy,” a feature film based on the true story of Walter McMillian, who was wrongfully convicted of ...

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Attorneys Michael Abrams, William Beck and Alexander Brown won an important victory and changed legal precedent in 2019 when they obtained insurance coverage for a $16.5 million settlement for the families of three Mississippi men who were wrongfully convicted of ...

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Kansas City-based Lathrop Gage and Minneapolis-based Gray Plant Mooty completed their combination into Lathrop GPM on Jan. 1. The combined firm, announced in October, “expands client services, deepens both firms’ core in the Midwest and provides a wider national platform,” ...

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