The adversarial process can be tough, and like any attorney, Bailey Samuel sometimes runs across a lawyer who tries to bully or intimidate her. Those lawyers don’t have much luck. “I have the confidence to be aggressive right back because ...

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A federal judge in Kansas City entered a $500 million judgment against a bankrupt real estate data company, putting the finishing touches on a world-spanning, copyright-infringement suit. In 2016, CoStar Group, the country’s largest provider of commercial real estate information ...

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After slightly more than two years on the bench, Jackson County Circuit Judge George E. Wolf III has announced his plans to retire in March. Wolf sent a letter to Gov. Mike Parson on Dec. 16 announcing his plans to ...

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In November 2018, 1.5 million Missourians voted “yes” on Amendment 2, legalizing medical marijuana as part of the state constitution. The overwhelming vote made Missouri the 33rd state to make cannabis legal in some form, even as it remains forbidden ...

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Voice for Adoption, a national adoption-advocacy nonprofit group, honored retired Shook, Hardy & Bacon partner J. Eugene Balloun with its 2019 Breaking Barriers Adoption Award. The award recognizes Balloun’s efforts in overcoming barriers to adoption, including age, geographic location and ...

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Location: Kansas City Practice Area(s): Intellectual property Law School: New England School of Law There aren’t many attorneys in Missouri who can advise clients on patent issues related to artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, natural language processing and blockchain ...

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Brice Nengsu Kenfack already was juggling a few other pro bono cases in December 2017 when he got a call from fellow Shook, Hardy & Bacon attorneys in Texas. The firm’s Houston office was representing a young woman from Mali ...

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The University of Missouri School of Law has received the largest gift in its history. The law school announced July 10 that it received a $4.5 million gift from the Wall Family Foundation. The donor, Charles R. Wall, is a ...

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The fourth-largest plaintiff’s win of 2018 as tracked by Missouri Lawyers Weekly will remain intact, following a Tuesday ruling from the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. A three-judge panel unanimously affirmed a $74.1 million jury verdict against Ford Motor ...

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon announced June 10 that it had opened an office in Atlanta. The new office in the Southeast is the firm’s 13th in the United States. It has an office in London as well. “Shook’s entry into ...

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2018 was a growth year for most of Missouri’s largest firms. A year ago, Missouri had eight law firms with $100 million or more in revenue. Today, Spencer Fane’s phenomenal growth has increased that count to nine. Polsinelli, Husch Blackwell, ...

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