Legal Roundup
Alternative Apportionment – The Battle Moves International on September 26, 2024
Tax attorney Chris Wilson will be speaking on a panel at the Council on State Taxation's (COST) 55th Annual Meeting about the rising legislative efforts to impose additional taxes on Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI), foreign dividends and Subpart F income.
MO LIRC Issues Decision Denying COVID-19 as Occupational Disease in Johnson v. RBX Transportation
The Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission issued a decision on September 17, 2024, affirming the Award in Gordon Johnson v. RBX Transportation, Injury No. 20-094915.
Faculty Spotlight — Meet Eric Hintz
To poet John Donne, no man is an island.
Larry Katzenstein honored with CMT Chairman’s Award
TC partner Larry Katzenstein, a longtime pro bono legal counsel for Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), was honored with the Chairman’s Award at the organization’s annual lunch meeting.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, to sit at Linn County Courthouse in Linneus
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, plans to convene court at 1:30 p.m. Monday, October 7, 2024, at the Linn County Courthouse in Linneus.
Faculty Spotlight — Meet Ryan Vacca
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thompson Coburn Defends Monsanto in Upholding Trial Win
Thompson Coburn's Booker Shaw helped Monsanto uphold a trial victory in a lawsuit that alleged the company’s Roundup product caused non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Supreme Court of Missouri celebrates investiture of Judge Ginger K. Gooch
The Supreme Court of Missouri’s newest judge, Judge Ginger K. Gooch, celebrated her formal investiture Wednesday afternoon, August 28, 2024, in a ceremony in the Division I courtroom of the Supreme Court Building in Jefferson City.