A Camdenton couple has reached a $5.1 million settlement in their case against the U.S. government for a birth injury that occurred at a federally funded clinic. The couple, Jamie and Nathan Searcy, filed suit in 2016 in the U.S. ...

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St. Louis County Family Court has been under intense scrutiny since 2015, when the U.S. Department of Justice issued a scathing report on its practices.

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Not all its cases are losers, to be sure, but this administration’s pursuit of expansive authority tends to lose big.

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Buried in the White House’s federal budget plan is a proposal to encourage states to reform their medical malpractice laws.

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Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed producer, said it received questions from the U.S. Justice Department about anti-competition complaints that rival DuPont Co. made in a lawsuit. The Justice Department’s inquiry is another sign the Obama administration is taking an ...

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The U.S. Justice Department said settlements in which makers of brand-name drugs pay to delay the introduction of generic competitors should be considered illegal in many cases. The department, in a filing Monday with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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Eastern District U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway confirmed that she is joining a firm headed by former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft on stepping down from her position. Hanaway is slated to leave the U.S. Attorney position Monday for a law ...

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