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Jesus A. Osete has been appointed as general counsel to the Secretary of State’s Office.
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Judge tosses $4.2M award for transgender student
A Jackson County judge has thrown out a $4.175 million verdict for a transgender student who was denied equal access to the boys’ restrooms and locker room.
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Read More »$56M settlement to cover cost to replace road safety devices
A Jackson County circuit judge has preliminarily approved a $56 million class-action settlement that would allow governmental agencies to recover the costs of replacing faulty safety equipment on Missouri roadways.
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Read More »Supreme Court weighs effect of at-will law on union bargaining
A year after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down a law that restricted public-sector unions, the court is considering a separate law that unions say violates their rights without mentioning them by name.
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Read More »The POWER List: Business Defense 2022
In this latest edition of THE POWER LIST, a regular feature from Missouri Lawyers Media, we examine the most powerful attorneys in business defense.
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Read More »Results vary in insurers’ interventions
A recent appellate opinion has clarified how an insurance company can intervene in a Section 537.065 agreement, while another issued the same day leaves unanswered questions for another court.
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Read More »Lesser-included offenses must be ‘rational’ under bill
Eight years ago, the Missouri Supreme Court suggested that if lawmakers didn’t like its take on the state’s lesser-included offenses statute, there was a way to fix it. A bill passed in the final days of the 2022 legislative session would do just that.
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Read More »Appeals court wades into ‘turf war’ in Lincoln County
The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled May 17 that the Lincoln County Circuit Court is free to give its presiding judge supervisory authority over deputy clerks, despite a state law that gives such authority to the circuit clerk.
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Read More »Eyes on 16B: Nonprofit tracks St. Louis City’s pretrial detention trends
The City of St. Louis Circuit Court holds pretrial detention hearings in a small courtroom that’s had a lot of eyes on it in the last year.
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Read More »After first year on the court, Ransom’s robes are official
Successful judges generally have long and impressive resumes. Few, however, have ever detailed their musical play lists quite as extensively as Judge Robin Ransom.
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Read More »Newly amended second-degree harassment statute does not violate First Amendment, says high court
The appeal of a man who allegedly harassed his judicial officer and challenged the constitutionality of the state law on second-degree harassment did not hold up in the Missouri Supreme Court.
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