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Gaming spokesman: Schatz's SB 10 legislation 'pro-government, anti-business, pro-tax'
Legislation that Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan) claims will discourage illegal gambling machines in Missouri will actually kill jobs and criminalize otherwise law-abiding citizens, a wildwood-based gaming company's spokesman said.
St. Louis man's firing over failure to do job does not equal discrimination, federal judge rules
St. Louis man's firing over failure to do job does not equal discrimination, federal judge rules
St. Louis federal judge dismisses woman's case against two insurance companies
St. Louis federal judge dismisses woman's case against two insurance companies
St. Louis federal judge maintains jurisdiction over trademark dispute between two "Pippin" companies in Festus
St. Louis federal judge maintains jurisdiction over trademark dispute between two "Pippin" companies in Festus
Attorney who allegedly misappropriated Trump inauguration day prayer breakfast settlement funds reciprocally disbarred
Attorney who allegedly misappropriated Trump inauguration day prayer breakfast
Federal judge dismisses widow's case against Andrew County, sheriff over call to home following husband's death
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – A federal judge recently dismissed a widow's lawsuit against Andrew County and its sheriff after items were found missing from her home shortly after her husband died in 2014.
Phoenix attorney reciprocally disciplined in Missouri following suspension in Arizona
JEFFERSON CITY – Phoenix attorney Don W. Cartier has been reciprocally suspended following a Feb. 4 Missouri Supreme Court order and his suspension last year in Arizona for allegedly forging his client's name to a court document.
Missouri Supreme Court reciprocally reprimands Denver attorney following discipline in Colorado
JEFFERSON CITY – Denver attorney Josue David Hernandez has been reprimanded following a Feb. 4 Missouri Supreme Court order issued after he was found to have failed in his duties to opposing party and counsel and his ethical obligation to follow court rules.
Missouri DSS continues oversight of psychotropic medication for foster kids, spokeswoman says
JEFFERSON CITY – Children in Missouri's foster care system are the real beneficiaries in a federal judge's "groundbreaking" settlement in November designed to require psychotropic medication only when safe and necessary, a social services spokeswoman said.
Bayer 'pleased' by federal government's amicus brief in company appeal of $25M Roundup verdict
WASHINGTON – Bayer AG is encouraged by 16 amicus briefs, including those filed by the federal government and seven U.S. states, in the company's appeal of a $25 million judgment in favor of a California man who claims the weed killer Roundup caused his cancer.
Raytown attorney suspended, Clayton attorney no longer on probation in separate Missouri Supreme Court orders
JEFFERSON CITY – Raytown attorney Brooke Roelofsen Biggs has been suspended, and Clayton attorney Christopher T. Risler is no longer on probation following separate recent Missouri Supreme Court orders.
Longtime St. Louis attorney disbarred by default following alleged rules violations
JEFFERSON CITY – Longtime St. Louis attorney Elbert A. Walton Jr., suspended more than two years ago following "obnoxious and disrespectful" behavior during a 2013 bankruptcy case, has been disbarred by default following a Dec. 24 Missouri Supreme Court order.
Reform advocate: People need to use site tracking lawyer, union donations
JEFFERSON CITY – A little-used online tool that tracks trial lawyer and union donations to Missouri candidates for public office should be getting more attention than it does, a tort reform advocate said during a recent interview.
City of St. Louis ranks No. 5 in this year's ATRA 'Judicial hellhole' list
WASHINGTON – The city of St. Louis continues to drop in American Tort Reform Association's Judicial Hellholes list, coming in at No. 5 on this year's ranking, but isn't exactly improving and still has plenty to hang its head about.
Kirkwood and Kansas City attorneys indefinitely suspended in separated Missouri Supreme Court orders
JEFFERSON CITY – Kirkwood attorney John Kevin Sheehan has been suspended and Kansas City attorney Vanessa Rene Elizabeth Curran has been indefinitely suspended following separate recent Missouri Supreme Court orders.
Crane attorney who allegedly used money to spend on debts instead of placing in operating account disbarred
JEFFERSON CITY – Crane attorney John Dale Wiley has been disbarred following a Nov. 19 Missouri Supreme Court order over allegations in four client matters.
St. Louis County hires outside counsel, will explore potential appeal in $20 million discrimination verdict, spokesman says
JEFFERSON CITY – St. Louis County has hired outside counsel in the wake of a jury's almost $20 million award in the discrimination litigation of a county police sergeant who'd allegedly been told to "tone down" his "gayness."
Taxpayers should not have to pay punitive damages, tort reform advocate says after $20 million award in discrimination case
JEFFERSON CITY – Weeks after a jury awarded almost $20 million to a St. Louis police sergeant after he allegedly had been told to "tone down" his "gayness," a tort reform advocate decried the use of taxpayer dollars to pay punitive damages.
Third-party litigation funding 'should be regulated or banned outright,' tort reform advocate says
JEFFERSON CITY – The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' decision late last month that it will study third-party litigation funding in civil lawsuits and the potential need for a disclosure requirement may not be getting to the root of problem, a Missouri-based tort reform advocate said.
Farmers have few practical alternatives to Roundup, but still have faith in the weed killer, Farm Bureau president says
JEFFERSON CITY – Despite tens of thousands of lawsuits and well orchestrated advertising campaigns from plaintiff lawyers, farmers in Missouri still put their faith in Roundup and have little in the way of alternatives, an agriculture advocate said during a recent interview.