Sun Aviation, Inc. v. L-3 Communications Avionics Systems, Inc. (MLW No. 71151/Case No. SC96280 – 18 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Fischer, C.J.; all concur)

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Geran v. Xerox Education Services, Inc. (MLW No. 67806/Case No. WD77507 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.)

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Two cases involving allegations of wrongful foreclosures heard Wednesday in the Supreme Court became a pitched battle over the future of consumer protection laws in Missouri.

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Chochorowski v. Home Depot, USA (MLW No. 65331/Case No. SC92594 – 20 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Breckenridge, J.; Russell, C.J., Fischer, Stith and Teitelman, JJ., concur. Draper and Wilson, JJ., not participating)

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Heckadon v. CFS Enterprises, Inc. (MLW No. 64795/Case No. WD74288 – 22 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.)

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St. Louis County’s fees for trash and recycling pick up are not taxes and do not violate Missouri’s Hancock Amendment, a state appeals court said today.

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Huch, et al. v. Charter Communications Inc. (MLW No. 59487 – 11 pages) (Missouri Supreme Court, Breckenridge, J.) Where a cable company sent its customers unsolicited channel guides and then charged them for the service, the voluntary payment doctrine may ...

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Solo and small-firm attorneys hoping for a stronger statute to pursue those who practice law without a license will have to wait at least another year. Rep. John Burnett, D-Kansas City, succeeded in getting an unauthorized practice of law provision tucked into a broad judiciary bill in the House. The language would place the unauthorized practice of law under the state's Merchandising Practices Act and allow a private cause of action against violators. The provision generated little discussion in the House Judiciary Committee (Chairman Bryan Stevenson is pictured) and became a few lines in a nearly 200-page bill that passed the House.

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An effort to crack down on companies that provide and complete legal paperwork without an attorney could get a boost from Jefferson City. An amendment tacked on to a wide-ranging judiciary bill in a Missouri House committee would place the unauthorized practice of law under the state’s Merchandising Practices Act. Moving such violations to the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act could increase prosecution by the state attorney general’s office of online legal document mills, said sponsoring Rep. John Burnett (pictured), D-Kansas City.

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