Practitioners differ on whether advertising a matrimonial law firm’s focus on representing men is largely a marketing ploy or a useful effort to try to ensure that the rights of…
A newspaper article last year about a Missouri judge whose clerks reportedly handled much of her call while she was on vacation in China has sparked not only a rare…
Convicted in 2002 in a first-degree murder case concerning the beating death of his former law partner and sentenced to life, only to see the conviction reversed in 2006 over…
Updated: A Muslim convert has been awarded $120,000 in actual damages and $5 million in punitive damages in a hostile work environment case by a Missouri state-court jury.
Convicted, after a lengthy procedural history that included three competency hearings and two trials, in the 1992 murder of his wife during a courtroom divorce hearing, a Missouri man shot…
Although no partner dissolution vote has been taken, a suburban St. Louis law firm is considering winding down its operations after failing to reach agreement with Polsinelli Shughart about a…
Updated: A former Herzog Crebs partner who served on the St. Louis-based law firm’s management committee has been federally indicted in St. Louis along with a former…
Kansas City Municipal Judge Elena Franco has filed an administrative discrimination claim over a city residency probe, contending that it was conducted in retaliation for the questions she raised about…
A group representing victims of clergy abuse is being targeted with subpoenas seeking two decades of emails, including possibly correspondence with lawyers.
The Roman Catholic Church has obtained five subpoenas…
In a rare prosecution of a document-preparation company, amidst widespread reports of improprieties in mortgage foreclosure filings by lenders, a Missouri grand jury has indicted DocX and its president on…
Few lawyers are overjoyed about the security line at the St. Louis County courthouse, which operates more like an airport security checkpoint than most.
After its merger with St. Louis-based Bryan Cave, about 18 of the partners from Denver’s revered Holme Roberts & Owen are now listed as counsel on the firm’s attorney roster,…
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