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Suspended Lebanon attorney disbarred over multiple professional misconduct allegations
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Suspended Lebanon attorney Jeffrey Bryan Allen has been disbarred following a Jan. 9 Missouri Supreme Court corrected order following multiple professional misconduct allegations.
Illinois attorney reciprocally disciplined in Missouri following trust account allegations
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Attorney Babette Pauline Salus of Springfield, Illinois, has been reciprocally suspended following a Dec. 27 Missouri Supreme Court order after she was disciplined in Illinois for allegedly mishandling trust account funds.
Couple must find another way to remedy IRS seizure of collectible coins, federal judge rules
A couple who lost hundreds of thousands of collectible coins during an Internal Revenue Service seizure more than six years ago will have to find another way to get the federal government to pay them what the coins were worth, a federal judge ruled
Federal judge declines to dismiss General Motors breach of contract class action
A federal judge has declined to dismiss a breach of contract class action against General Motors over the deadline of a securities issue in 2016.
Missouri woman's sexual harassment and retaliation claim against GM will remain in federal court, judge rules
A former General Motors employee's claim that she was fired for reporting her supervisor's sexual harassment will remain in federal court following a judge's order issued last week.
Former Missouri School Boards Association employee's lawsuit to return to Boone County court following federal judge's order
A former Missouri School Boards Association employee's Missouri Human Rights Acts lawsuit is on its way back to a Boone County court after a U.S. District judge ruled last week that the case did not belong in federal court.
Federal judge dismisses nurse's third lawsuit against Missouri Department of Mental Health
A former Missouri Department of Mental Health psychiatric nurse's third lawsuit over his firing almost a decade ago was dismissed by a federal judge last week.
Former housekeeper's retaliation lawsuit to return to state court following federal judge's ruling
A former Bethesda Health Group housekeeper's Missouri Human Rights Acts lawsuit is on its way back to a St. Louis court after a federal judge ruled that the case did not belong in the U.S. District Court system.
Arbitration results not confidential, judge rules in agency's dispute with NFL agent
An NFL agent, whose 2014 firing by a Los Angeles-based talent agency and the subsequent arbitration was kept quiet until it leaked out earlier this month, has scored a victory over the agency's bid to make the matter confidential again.
Arkansas governor's son receives stayed suspension, probation after felony guilty plea in Alabama
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Arkansas attorney William Asa Hutchinson III, son of the governor of that state, has received a stayed indefinite suspension following a Dec. 18 Missouri Supreme Court order over his guilty plea to a felony in Alabama.
Clayton attorney suspended after being found guilty in fatal street racing crash in Frontenac
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Clayton attorney Scott Alan Bailey, convicted earlier this year in a street racing crash that killed an elderly woman in Frontenac more than two years ago, has been indefinitely suspended by the Missouri Supreme Court.
Kansas City attorney reprimanded over diligence, communication misconduct allegations
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Kansas City attorney Brent Lee Winterberg recently received a reprimand following a Missouri Supreme Court order regarding misconduct allegations.
Dexter attorney successfully completes probation, Missouri Supreme Court rules
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Dexter attorney Jay R. Yorke is no longer on probation following a Dec. 6 Missouri Supreme Court order.
Principals in Kirkwood law firm receive reprimands for professional conduct violations in separate court orders
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) – Kirkwood attorneys and partners Joe George Harms II and David Charles Salivar were reprimanded following separate Dec. 4 Missouri Supreme Court orders.
Hays attorney indefinitely suspended following sentencing for selling marijuana edible
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) – Hays attorney Bryan Eugene Bennett, who sentenced to probation last summer on a drug charge, was indefinitely suspended following a Dec. 4 Missouri Supreme Court order.
Missouri Supreme Court order takes St. Louis attorney off probation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — St. Louis attorney Bradford C. Emert is no longer on probation following a Nov. 26 Missouri Supreme Court order.
Titeflex wants Chapel Ridge Condo Association's lawsuit over lightning strike moved moved to federal court
A Massachusetts-based company facing a northwestern St. Louis suburban condominium association's product liability lawsuit, stemming from a lightning-caused fire last year, wants the case to be heard in federal court.
Food company wants employment, job discrimination case moved from Lincoln County to federal court
A food processing company facing a civil-rights employment and job discrimination lawsuit filed in Lincoln County wants that case heard instead in federal court.
Kansas company claims trademark infringment against competitor's knock-off product and volcano-themed ads
A Kansas-licensed spa-products company is suing a California-based competitor, claiming the competitor's volcano hand and feed product advertisements are too close to its own and is being used to sell a cheaper knock-off of its higher quality product.
St. Louis attorney receives stayed indefinite suspension, O'Fallon attorney reinstated in separate orders
St. Louis attorney Raymund Jared Capelovitch has received a stayed suspension and O'Fallon attorney Charles Christopher Lozano has been reinstated following separate Missouri Supreme Court orders handed down this month.