JEFFERSON CITY – Lebanon attorney Jeffrey Bryan Allen has been placed on interim suspension following a July 31 Missouri Supreme Court order over professional misconduct allegations.
A federal judge threw out a pension-related lawsuit on July 23, ruling a nonprofit hospital with ties to the Roman Catholic Church did not violate retirement plan regulations.
A law professor sued Missouri University (MU) after he allegedly was barred from keeping a firearm in his vehicle. Three years later, the case is unresolved.
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Democratic Party is taking its case to the Missouri Supreme Court after a Circuit Court judge dismissed its lawsuit challenging Gov. Mike Parson’s choice for the state’s lieutenant governor.
On July 5, 2018, Governor Parson signed Senate Bill 608, which not only modifies provisions regarding the liability of property owners when criminal conduct occurs on their property, but also creates the Business Premises Safety Act.
ST. LOUIS – Johnson & Johnson officials pledged to appeal a $4.69 billion court judgment against them the day after a trial in which 22 women plaintiffs won a landmark case accusing the company of causing their ovarian cancer from use of baby powder containing asbestos.
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) – The Missouri Supreme Court recently handed down disciplinary actions against three attorneys; one was disbarred, another suspended and the third placed on probation.
ST. LOUIS – A federal judge has granted a defendant named in a False Claims Act lawsuit summary judgment in a case brought by a public sector worker who alleged it was involved in a "pay-to-play" scheme.
The Show-Me Institute says the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) won't have a huge impact in Missouri because the state already doesn't allow agency fees to be taken from employees' salaries.
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — St. Louis attorney Daniel Lee Sayle, on probation since 2014, is no longer on probation following a June Missouri Supreme Court order.
JEFFERSON CITY – While paralegals certainly have more technology and resources to do their jobs, that additional tech doesn't seem to be why it is more noticeable when attorneys risk being disciplined allegedly for not properly supervising their support staff, experts in the field said in recent interviews.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Raymore attorney Robert E. Arnold III has been disbarred following a June 12 Missouri Supreme Court order over allegations he misappropriated a client's $25,000 personal injury settlement.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Kansas City attorney Luke B. Harkins has been reciprocally disbarred following a June 5 Missouri Supreme Court order after he was voluntarily disbarred in Kansas.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Timothy Muir, former attorney for Leawood businessman and professional race car driver Scott Tucker, has been suspended following a June 5 Missouri Supreme Court order after both men were sentenced earlier this year in an illegal payday loan scam that reportedly netted billions of dollars.
Jefferson City attorney Nathan James Forck has been disbarred by default and Manchester attorney Charles A. Pirrello has been reinstated following separate Missouri Supreme Court orders.
KANSAS CITY – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri partially granted an insurance company’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit related to a dispute over the delivery of insurance payments, according to a May 22 order.
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — St. Louis attorney James Windsor Eason is no longer on probation following a May 24 Missouri Supreme Court order following his suspension about a year ago after he was charged with committing a criminal act of misconduct.
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry Edward Autrey of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division scattered an array of patent infringement claims against several defendants to different legal venues while dismissing dozens of parties for improper venue in a May 14 order.
