News from September 2024

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Young continues push to give Missouri senate viable third option

By Kyla Asbury |
ST. LOUIS—Independent Senate candidate Jared Young continues to share his vision of giving Missouri a third viable option.
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Appellate court says airport director allowed to terminate lease with St. Louis

By Kyla Asbury |
ST. LOUIS — A Missouri appellate court ruled that language in an ordinance authorized the airport director to terminate a lease with the city of St. Louis.

Faculty Spotlight — Meet Ryan Vacca

By STL Record |
When Ryan Vacca, ‘04, gave his first guest lecture to students studying the entertainment business at St. Louis Community College, the then-attorney at Stinson LLP began considering going back to school — as a professor.
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Planned Parenthood challenges Medicaid provider removal in Mo.

By Kyla Asbury |
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.
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Bob Wallace, Mark Sableman Named to Sports and Entertainment Power List

By STL Record |
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.
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We are hiring a Transactional Associate Attorney

By STL Record |
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.
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Appellate court rules no error found in lower court ruling in Nephrite Fund settlement suit

By Kyla Asbury |
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.
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Polsinelli Grows Patent Roster in St. Louis with Former Life Sciences In-House Counsel Benjamin J. Sodey

By STL Record |
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.
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Appellate Judicial Commission releases demographic, interviewee, meeting information for Odenwald vacancy on Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District

By STL Record |
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:
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Employment Class Actions: Strategies & Success Stories on September 18, 2024

By STL Record |
Employment class actions can be daunting.
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Man sues Starbucks after slip-and-fall in icy parking lot

By Chris Dickerson |
A man has filed a premises liability lawsuit against Starbucks after he was injured visiting one of the company’s stores.
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Booker Shaw Named as Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigator

By STL Record |
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.
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We are hiring a Litigation Associate Attorney

By STL Record |
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.
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Bill would provide $100M in research funding for alternatives to toxic 'forever chemicals' in firefighter gear

By Jonathan Sharp |
As first responders, firefighters employ thorough preventive measures to avoid the plethora of occupational hazards they encounter during emergencies.
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Mo. appellate court affirms Monsanto Roundup ruling

By Kyla Asbury |
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.
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Mo. Supreme Court rules abortion amendment will be on Nov. ballot

By Kyla Asbury |
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a proposed amendment to restore abortion rights will be included on the state's November ballot.
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Attorney General Bailey Obtains Restraining Order Blocking Biden-Harris New Clandestine Student Loan Scheme

By STL Record |
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.
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Bailey gets restraining order blocking third federal student loan scheme

By Kyla Asbury |
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.
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Attorney General Bailey Files Suit against Third Biden-Harris Illegal Student Loan Scheme Days after SCOTUS Sides with Missouri, Blocks Second

By STL Record |
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a multistate coalition in filing suit against the Biden-Harris Administration’s third illegal student loan cancellation scheme.
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Robert Shapiro Highlights International Trade Roundtable in Business Journal

By STL Record |
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.

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