News from September 2024
Planned Parenthood challenges Medicaid provider removal in Mo.
JEFFERSON CITY — Planned Parenthood Great Rivers – Missouri (PPGR) is challenging the Missouri Department of Social Services' (DSS) decision to terminate its enrollment as a Medicaid provider.
Bob Wallace, Mark Sableman Named to Sports and Entertainment Power List
Thompson Coburn partners Bob Wallace, Jr. and Mark Sableman have been named to the Missouri Lawyers Media Sports and Entertainment 2024 Power list. Attorneys on this list are recognized as being among the most accomplished sports and entertainment attorneys in Missouri.
We are hiring a Transactional Associate Attorney
Hamilton Weber LLC is seeking an attorney with 0-5 years of experience, preferably in the areas of corporate, real estate, and governmental practice, to assist with the firm’s expanding client base.
Appellate court rules no error found in lower court ruling in Nephrite Fund settlement suit
ST. LOUIS — The Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals held a lower court ruling that there was no error in the court's ruling that no settlement agreement was reached because there was no meeting of the minds regarding lien prioritization.
Polsinelli Grows Patent Roster in St. Louis with Former Life Sciences In-House Counsel Benjamin J. Sodey
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed experienced life sciences patent attorney Benjamin J. Sodey as counsel in the firm’s Biotech & Life Science Patent Prosecution Practice and in the St. Louis office.
Appellate Judicial Commission releases demographic, interviewee, meeting information for Odenwald vacancy on Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
Pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the Appellate Judicial Commission announces the following demographic information relating to applicants for the vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals created by the impending November 2024 retirement of Judge Kurt S. Odenwald:
Employment Class Actions: Strategies & Success Stories on September 18, 2024
Employment class actions can be daunting.
Man sues Starbucks after slip-and-fall in icy parking lot
A man has filed a premises liability lawsuit against Starbucks after he was injured visiting one of the company’s stores.
Booker Shaw Named as Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigator
Thompson Coburn partner Booker Shaw was recognized in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America list, which highlights the nation’s leading trial lawyers.
We are hiring a Litigation Associate Attorney
Hamilton Weber LLC is seeking a litigation attorney with 0-5 years of experience, preferably in the areas of commercial litigation and medical malpractice defense, to assist with the firm’s expanding client base.
Bill would provide $100M in research funding for alternatives to toxic 'forever chemicals' in firefighter gear
As first responders, firefighters employ thorough preventive measures to avoid the plethora of occupational hazards they encounter during emergencies.
Mo. appellate court affirms Monsanto Roundup ruling
ST. LOUIS — A Missouri appellate court ruled that a lower court did not err in its decisions to exclude a witness who was not a qualified expert and in not granting a mistrial based on a comment during opening statements.
Mo. Supreme Court rules abortion amendment will be on Nov. ballot
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a proposed amendment to restore abortion rights will be included on the state's November ballot.
Attorney General Bailey Obtains Restraining Order Blocking Biden-Harris New Clandestine Student Loan Scheme
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office obtained a temporary restraining order blocking the Biden-Harris Administration’s new clandestine illegal student loan scheme.
Bailey gets restraining order blocking third federal student loan scheme
ST. LOUIS — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has successfully obtained a temporary restraining order to block a new student loan forgiveness plan introduced by the Biden-Harris Administration.
Attorney General Bailey Files Suit against Third Biden-Harris Illegal Student Loan Scheme Days after SCOTUS Sides with Missouri, Blocks Second
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a multistate coalition in filing suit against the Biden-Harris Administration’s third illegal student loan cancellation scheme.
Robert Shapiro Highlights International Trade Roundtable in Business Journal
Thompson Coburn partner Robert Shapiro, who leads the international trade practice, was highlighted in a St. Louis Business Journal article on the St. Louis Trade Compliance Practitioners Roundtable.
Jury rules on product liability trial in the amount of $462M
ST. LOUIS — A jury in Missouri's 22nd Circuit Court in St. Louis issued a verdict of $462 million in a product liability case involving a truck's collision guard.
Booker Shaw Explores Innocence Claims on 'St. Louis on the Air’
On a recent episode of the St. Louis Public Radio program “St. Louis on the Air,” Thompson Coburn partner and retired Judge Booker Shaw highlighted two prominent cases that have raised questions about Missouri's criminal justice system.
Kiser Speaking at National Perrin Asbestos Litigation Conference on September 12, 2024
George Kiser will be one of the speakers at an upcoming Perrin’s National Asbestos Litigation Conference, which will be held in Charleston, South Carolina on September 11 and 12, 2024.