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Kansas City Civic Council Selects Shook Attorney for Leadership Class
Kansas City Civic Council Selects Shook Attorney for Leadership Class.
AG Schmitt urges court to uphold decision that the CDC is unauthorized to order a travel mask mandate
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt joined some 22 other Republican Attorney Generals in signing an amicus brief opposing the appeal of a ruling that blocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from enforcing a mask mandate on interstate travel.
Attorneys spar over medical slides evidence in Monsanto Roundup trial
In a trial to determine if Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup caused the cancer of three claimants, plaintiff attorney Gibbs Henderson sparred with a defense expert during cross examination Thursday over pathology evidence.
Best Lawyers 2023 Edition Lists Over 60 Greensfelder Attorneys, Including Five St. Louis ‘Lawyers of the Year’
Best Lawyers 2023 Edition Lists Over 60 Greensfelder Attorneys, Including Five St. Louis ‘Lawyers of the Year’.
Plaintiff attorneys portray expert defense witness as counter-science PR planner
Plaintiff attorneys on Wednesday tried undercutting the testimony of an expert witness called in the defense of Monsanto; Saying that company employees concocted their own bogus science to counter a finding of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)---that the weed killer Roundup probably causes cancer.
Environmental advocates: Hydro Green Energy plant would disturb fish, tourism, agriculture
More than just prehistoric fish would be disturbed if an Alabama company proceeds with its proposal to turn a nearby lock and dam on the Mississippi into a hydropower plant, according to an environmental expert.
St. Louis Office Moves to New Location
St. Louis Office Moves to New Location.
Independent candidate for Senate withdraws bid for Roy Blunt's seat
Jan. 6 panel lawyer John Wood withdraws his candidacy for U.S. Senate
'Doctrine of Impossibility' denied in valet company's argument that COVID prevented loan repayment
Claiming the impossibility doctrine in the failure to repay a debt isn’t as easy as alleging a business was destroyed due to COVID-19.
Congratulations to our 2023 Best Lawyers ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and ‘Ones to Watch’
Congratulations to our 2023 Best Lawyers ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and ‘Ones to Watch’.
AT Government Strategies Forms Strategic Alliance with Versa Governmental Strategies
AT Government Strategies Forms Strategic Alliance with Versa Governmental Strategies.
Defense expert witness says Roundup is not the cause of cancer
In the fourth week of trial, attorneys for defendant Monsanto called expert witnesses, including a company toxicologist who told a jury on Monday that weed killer Roundup did not cause the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer of three plaintiffs.
O'Fallon marijuana dispensary votes to unionize
Bloom Medicinals dispensary voted in favor of employees being represented by Local 655 of the United Food and Commercial Workers in bargaining negotiations with management
Plaintiff lawyers attempt to discredit Monsanto's scientific study in Roundup trial
Attorneys for three plaintiffs suing Monsanto for its weed killer product Roundup played a five-year-old deposition tape at trial on Friday, alleging the company tried to undo with their own study, a finding by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), that the chemical is a carcinogen.
Lawdragon Names Julianne Story Among Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers
Lawdragon Names Julianne Story Among Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers.
Missouri doctor: 'Requiring a mask to take the bar exam is political'
The Missouri Board of Law Examiners required law students to wear masks while taking the bar exam last month but at least one doctor believes the rule is political
Voters will choose whether to legalize adult-use cannabis, expunge nonviolent marijuana offenses or not
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) certified Legal Missouri 2022’s ballot initiative 2022-059 that will legalize recreational use of cannabis if approved by voters
Tom Polcyn talks to Thomson Reuters’ ‘Technologist’ about the Metaverse
Tom Polcyn talks to Thomson Reuters’ ‘Technologist’ about the Metaverse.
Thompson Coburn again named to Bloomberg Law’s DEI Framework for law firms committed to diversity, equity and inclusion
Thompson Coburn again named to Bloomberg Law’s DEI Framework for law firms committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Second plaintiff testifies, telling court he was unaware of Roundup danger in Monsanto trial
One of three plaintiffs suing Monsanto for its weed killer Roundup that he claims caused him to develop non-Hodgkins lymphoma (cancer) said he used the product as a spray to kill weeds and was unmindful of the chemical’s danger.