Due to police illegally seizing a man after his car crash, partially suppressed evidence of his drunken state afterward has been tossed up for the Missouri Supreme Court’s consideration.
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A split panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 30 that a woman’s claims against a man alleged to have sexually assaulted her at a work conference are not subject to arbitration.
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With the November election looming, Missouri courts are wrestling with a multipronged attack on a recent overhaul of Missouri’s voting laws.
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St. Louis attorney Joel Schwartz’s biggest takeaway from defending his client against killer Pam Hupp’s lies is that prosecutors will doggedly prosecute — even if they’ve got the wrong guy.
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The Appellate Judicial Commission has nominated a circuit judge, an attorney with a large Missouri law firm and a former Missouri Bar president to fill a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District.
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While the Missouri attorney general’s opposing counsel considers next steps, a regulation barring Level III trauma centers from existing within 15 miles of another Level I or II trauma center has won out in the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District.
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A woman-owned business claimed that the Kansas City Women’s Business Enterprises (WBE) Program’s personal net worth restriction is unconstitutional. It flopped in court.
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Attorney Howard Smotkin, who had recovered funds that a third party had mismanaged for the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis through litigation, died August 9.
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A mother must return to Spain and redraw the shared custody plan for her 10-year-old, after she disobeyed a Spanish court order by moving him to her Missouri hometown.
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A week after the last flash flood in St. Louis, a line of people seeking free legal advice wrapped around the corner of the Friendly Temple entrance on Aug. 11.
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A man must drop his allegation that his employer’s lawyer aided and abetted discrimination in court, after a split Aug. 9 Missouri Supreme Court opinion.
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