Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) articles from January 2006

Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) archives from January 2006

Commentary: Gandhi's message touches on doing business the right way.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Satish B. Parekh This article originally was published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. BALTIMORE - In this season to contemplate New Year's resolutions, Mahatma Gandhi has a profound message that is...

IRS prepares for upcoming tax season.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Brian Brus The following article was originally published in The Journal Record, Okalhoma City, a sister publication. OKLAHOMA CITY - While most of the country is looking ahead to a fresh new year after surviving the bustle of...

Postage rate increase prompts some to make slight changes.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Brandice J. Armstrong The following article was originally published in The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, a sister publication. OKLAHOMA CITY - The week or two after Christmas is typically a slow time for the U.S. Postal...

Commentary: Unconscionable barriers to pharmaceuticals.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Alan Lyles The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. BALTIMORE - In our free-market society, corporations - especially those with a retail component - make major...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: January 1, 2005.
January 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Bankruptcy; involuntary petition; farmer Where petitioner failed to raise his status as a farmer until nearly five years after an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed...

Judge Richter ready for his new role at Court of Appeals.
January 2, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess A longtime associate circuit judge will start the New Year unlike any other, as Judge Roy Richter makes the leap from Montgomery County to St. Louis as he joins the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. Gov....

Seventh Circuit says drunk driving is a 'violent felony'.
January 3, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer (This article originally ran in The Wisconsin Law Journal, another Dolan Media publication). MILWAUKEE - The 7th Circuit held on Dec. 19 that drunk driving is a "violent felony" for purposes of the Armed Career...

IRS to perform more audits as part of emphasis on compliance.
January 4, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, another Dolan Media publication.) In an effort to boost compliance with tax laws and regulations, the IRS recently announced that it would...

Missouri Court of Appeals rules rape shield law was improperly applied.
January 4, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, Kan., another Dolan Media publication.) Was it a dirty date a dad arranged for his teenage daughter with a buddy or consensual sex? The...

Commentary: The cherry on the sundae: year-end reports.
January 4, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken (This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, Kan., another Dolan Media publication.) We are at the end of our discussion with regard to the fourth area of the five areas that make up every...

Stock sellers not responsible for claims against company.
January 5, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter Two men who sold their stock in the management-services company Genesee Associates Inc. will not have to indemnify the company from the claims of another company, Surgical Synergies Inc., which took over Genesee's...

Time Warner loses constitutional challenge over fiber-optic network.
January 5, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Time Warner cannot pursue its injunction against North Kansas City until the city upgrades its fiber-optic network to provide cable TV services, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said last week. The...

Missouri Research Park honored by Progress 64 West.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Missouri Research Park recently received the "2005 Excellence in Community Development" award from Progress 64 West, a business/civic membership organization focused on regional transportation,...

Chesterfield-based June Roesslein Interiors wins contract.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The model home division of June Roesslein Interiors has been retained by Titan Homes Inc. to provide display home merchandising services for the new Manors at Orchard Glen subdivision in St. Charles. ...

St. Louis-based TE Mortgage Corp. pays for No Call violations.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff TE Mortgage Corp. will pay $15,000 for telemarketing calls made to Missourians on the state's No Call list in an agreement reached with Attorney General Jay Nixon. TE Mortgage is a mortgage sales and...

St. Louis-based Hensley Construction Inc. begins new Heartland Bank in Ladue.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff A highly prized piece of real estate in Ladue, Mo., will become the new home of Heartland Bank's newest branch in the central St. Louis County suburb. From behind an ornate white construction fence,...

AGC's Simonson sees 'adequate' labor pool for construction.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Brian Johnson (This article originally appeared in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN., another Dolan Media publication). The chief economist of the Associated General Contractors of America has some hopeful news for...

New Orleans plagued by lack of skilled construction workers.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Deon Roberts (This article originally appeared in New Orleans CityBusiness, New Orleans, LA., another Dolan Media publication). The long list of things hurricanes Katrina and Rita blew out of Louisiana includes a crucial...

Paul Sedovic joins St. Louis-based The Lawrence Group.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Paul Sedovic of Glendale, Mo., has joined the Lawrence Group as a senior associate. Sedovic's responsibilities include managing mixed-use projects. Sedovic is currently working on Phase II of The...

Two join the St. Louis office of Clayco.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco has added Randall L. Rose as a senior project manager in the St. Louis office. Rose brings to Clayco more than 19 years of experience in the construction industry. As a senior project manager, he...

Three joins St. Louis office of Walton Construction.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Walton Construction has hired Jo Meyerkord as marketing coordinator. Meyerkord previously was the communications manager at the corporate office of Walton Construction in Kansas City, Mo. Meyerkord...

St. Louis-based TOKY Branding + Design wins contract for Pointe 400.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Developer Balke Brown Associates has awarded TOKY Branding + Design the contract to brand and provide advertising and Web design services for Pointe 400, a 118-unit apartment high-rise overlooking new...

Bruno Homes announces sell-out of three mid-rise condominium buildings in Old Town Clayton.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Bruno Homes reports that 315-325-335 North Meramec, its community of three mid-rise condominium buildings in Old Town Clayton, is sold out. The $30 million-plus development hosted a total of 47...

Top executives want nothing but the best in their homes.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Bernadette Starzee (This article originally appeared in Long Island Business News, Long Island, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication).Today's executives want much more out of their homes than their predecessors did. "The...

Metro. St. Louis Sewer District work to be disbursed to more minority and women-owened firms.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess The new year brought with it changes to the way the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District does business with minority- and women-owned businesses, providing them more access to projects and St. Louis a more diverse work...

Legal advice on property law to aid developers.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Lora Volkert (This article originally ran in the Idaho Business Review, Boise, ID., another Dolan Media publication). The condominium project was Murphy's law in action for Givens Pursley partner Gary Allen. "There were...

KC contractor submits low bid for first phase of Louisiana bridge.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff A Kansas City, Mo., contractor has submitted the apparent low bid for the first phase of construction on a Louisiana bridge. According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development,...

Homestead provision in bankruptcy law impacts asset protection planning.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Jeffrey A. Baskies (This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication.) How does the homestead provision in the new bankruptcy law impact asset protection planning? Three...

Geothermal units save you money.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Bernadette Starzee (This article originally appeared in Long Island Business News, Long Island, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication).Fitting your house with a geothermal system could save you 70 percent off heating and 50 percent...

Commentary: 'Techno-resolutions' for the new year.
January 7, 2006... Byline: Bruce L. Dorner This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. All of us have the desire to change and improve ourselves during the coming year. The custom of making appropriate resolutions...

First Banks Inc. and First Bank promote five officers.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff First Banks Inc. and First Bank have promoted five officers in the St. Louis region. First Banks Inc. promoted Dana Deidiker to vice president for loan servicing and Sue Minie to officer for corporate...

Missouri Hospital Association St. Louis District Council elects new president.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Carm Moceri, president of Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, was elected to a one-year term as president of the Missouri Hospital Association St. Louis District Council. As district council...

Adamson Advertising names new vice president/creative director.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Adamson Advertising has promoted Marco Tocco to vice president/creative director and has appointed Whaewon Choi to assistant account executive. Tocco is a 20-year veteran of the St. Louis advertising...

Benefit Plans Plus hires new installation coordinator.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Carrie Patterson joins Benefit Plans Plus as installation coordinator. Patterson is responsible for the installation and start- up of new retirement plans as well as transferring existing retirement...

Financial Planning Assn. of Missouri/Southern Illinois receives recognition.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Financial Planning Association of Missouri/Southern Illinois was recognized at the FPA's 2005 Leadership Conference for attaining the Silver Level of achievement in the national organization's...

Schlichter, Bogard & Denton adds associate to staff.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Matthew Armstrong has joined the law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton as an associate.

Stinson Morrison Hecker adds to staff.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff David E. Wulkopf has joined the law firm of Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. as an associate in the general business division. Previously, he was an associate with Lewis, Rice & Fingersh in St. Louis. He...

Evans & Dixon names new law associate.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Matthew Barnhart has joined Evans & Dixon L.L.C. as an associate in the firm's workers' compensation practice. Barnhart is based in the firm's St. Louis office and has experience in bankruptcy and...

Law firm of Moser and Marsalek names new principal.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The law firm of Moser and Marsalek P.C. elected Tracy L. Zuckett as a principal. An attorney with the firm since 1999, Zuckett devotes her practice to medical and health care liability defense. The...

Commentary: Using a private foundation to control charitable dollars.
January 7, 2006... Byline: Thomas J. Ray The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - A lay text on estate planning answers the question, "What is Estate Planning?" with the following definition:...

Dept. of Economic Development organizational plans challenge expectations for 2006.
January 7, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon The Missouri General Assembly opened its first session of 2006 on Wednesday. It seemed to do so without many of the traditional grand promises or robust claims that normally precede a normal gathering of elected...

Commentary: Harassment and unemployment: What's an employee to do?
January 7, 2006... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. MINNEAPOLIS - After more than 20 years of litigation and legislation, the obligations of employers and employees in...

Seminar helps lawyers chart a course to big profits.
January 7, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - Steve Riley practices what he preaches. Since founding his firm 10 years ago, the creator of the "Double...

Structured payments can help protect clients from themselves.
January 8, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore This article originally appeared in Minnesota Lawyer, another Dolan Media publication. MINNEAPOLIS - A minor settles a personal injury action for a lump-sum payment that is placed in a special account until he...

Incarcerated appellant gets chance to participate in support hearing.
January 8, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan A procedural argument failed to convince the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, that an incarcerated man didn't deserve his day in court in a child support matter. The court determined that Hayes is...

Agreement to arbitrate upheld by 7th Circuit.
January 8, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer This article originally appeared in The Wisconsin Law Journal, another Dolan Media publication. MILWAUKEE - The 7th Circuit on Dec. 30 held that a purchase agreement, which provided that differences in the amount...

Discount musical instrument maker wins $20.7 million for competitor's smear campaign.
January 8, 2006... Byline: Natalie White The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - Massachusetts jurors, perhaps swayed by a rare courtroom performance of Errol Garner's jazz classic "Misty,"...

Legal support professional notes advantages of position.
January 9, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Hope Money could have become a lawyer. In fact, she was headed that direction at one point. Instead, she chose to become a paralegal because that was what she was willing to do. Using the medical comparison of nurses...

Federal prosecutor explains how businesses become targets.
January 10, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter A businessman commits fraud. Does the federal government prosecute the businessman, the company or both? The depends, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas C. Albus as he spoke Friday morning at a breakfast meeting...

MI Court of Appeals, Western District rules scope of consent exceeded when arresting suspects.
January 10, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, tossed a search of an alleged drug dealer's home even though the search was eventually allowed by the defendant. In the case, State of Missouri vs. Fred E....

Missouri Public Service Commission's calculations were correct.
January 11, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, Mo., another Dolan Media publication.) It wasn't the Missouri Public Service Commission's money on the line here, but a Missouri Court...

Commentary: Cumulative year-end reports tell the tale of the firm.
January 11, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken (This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, Mo., another Dolan Media publication.) We are nearing the end of our discussion with regard to the fourth of the five areas that make up every...

North Dakota law school clinic loses viewpoint discrimination suit appeal.
January 11, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter A North Dakota man who criticized a law school's clinical education program for its participation in a lawsuit seeking to remove a Ten Commandments monument from city property is one step closer to compelling the...

Trial begins against athletic club over wrestler's death.
January 12, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright A few local wrestling icons find themselves in a ring of a different sort as they start taking the witness stand in a wrongful death trial that began Tuesday in the St. Louis City Circuit Court. The parents of...

Arthur Margulis, Morry S. Cole to be honored at St. Louis County Bar dinner.
January 12, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter The St. Louis County Bar Association will celebrate its 75th anniversary and honor attorneys Arthur Margulis and Morry S. Cole at its annual awards dinner and installation of officers next month. The dinner will be...

Schroyer, Chapman buy stock in Clayco.
January 13, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco is starting out the new year with two new owners: Tom Schroyer and Larry Chapman, who each purchased shares in the parent company. Schroyer and Chapman already each had a majority interest in...

Global architectural firm HOK wins award for guidebook.
January 13, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The second edition of "The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design" is earning national recognition as the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council bestowed its "2005 Best Sustainable Practice Award" on St....

Staniforth named Society of Industrial and Office Realtor of the Year for St. Louis chapter.
January 13, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The St. Louis chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors recognized Robert J. Staniforth, SIOR, a vice president with Trammell Crow Krombach Partners, as SIOR of the Year at its annual...

Construction starts on spec development in Hazelwood, Mo.
January 13, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff A speculative 216,000-square-foot office/warehouse development, Commerce Center at Park 370 is being launched on a 16-acre site at Park 370 in Hazelwood, Mo. Park 370 is a 450-acre business park...

Hillsboro attorney learns about Chinese legal system.
January 13, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter For one Hillsboro attorney, a trip to the Communist nation of China brought about a renewed appreciation for the laws and civil liberties guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. Marsha Brady, a criminal defense...

Evergreen marks new beginning in St. Charles for BJC HealthCare.
January 13, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess Towering far above the flat plains of St. Charles County, the hoisting of an evergreen tree atop the final steel beam heralded in one of the first hospitals in the county built off of Interstate 64/Highway 40. ...

Society of Industrial & Office Realtors develops new commercial real estate index.
January 13, 2006... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Developers of the comprehensive Commercial Real Estate Index hope that it will one day become as valuable for those in the commercial real estate industry as the S&P is for investors and the Consumer Confidence Index...

Developers say experience still counts in crowded lending field.
January 13, 2006... Byline: Mark Anderson (This article originally appeared in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication.) Developers say they're getting cold calls each week from new lenders, each eager to get some money out...

Construction firms can lose to unforseen increases in building materials.
January 13, 2006... Byline: Libby Tucker (This article originally appeared in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR, another Dolan Media publication.) The Portland Design Commission couldn't believe what it was hearing. When the commission...

Real estate survey: Home buyers buy into housing bubble, say keep it quiet.
January 13, 2006... Byline: Daily Journal of Commerce Staff Writer (This article originally appeared in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR, another Dolan Media publication.) A survey conducted by the real estate information Web site...

Justice Roberts issues year-end report on federal judiciary.
January 14, 2006... Byline: Daily Record-Rochester The following report was originally published in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., a sister publication. ROCHESTER, N.Y.- The following is U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' year-end report...

Dealing with the difficult opposing counsel.
January 14, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore The following article was originally published in The Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. MINNEAPOLIS - Imagine that during your very first conversation with opposing counsel on a case he is yelling and...

Commentary: Feel-good legislation represents laziness in lawmaking.
January 14, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Lawyers and their clients often become victims of the system. When elected officials grow overly concerned in offering constituents the messages those voters want to hear to feel better about themselves or present...

Williams Venker & Sanders adds associate to staff.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Cherie N. Wyatt has joined the law firm of Williams Venker & Sanders L.L.C. as an associate. She will focus her practice primarily on defending medical malpractice claims. She also has significant...

The Carson Law Firm adds associate to staff.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Carson Law Firm, Family Law Attorneys, has added Jody B. Forsee as an associate. Forsee practices in the areas of family law and estate planning. Forsee received her law degree from the University of...

Clayton-based Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss adds principal atty. to staff.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Matthew A. Rosenberg has joined the Clayton-based law firm Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss P.C. as a principal attorney. Rosenberg is a member of the firm's intellectual property, information technology...

St. Louis law firm adds lawyer and CPA to practice.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Local law firm Danna McKitrick P.C. has added lawyer and CPA Patrick J. Murphy to the practice. With a strong background in private legal practice and past experience in public accounting - including...

Fox Galvin L.L.C. adds senior attorney to firm.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Fox Galvin L.L.C. has added senior attorney Michael E. Donelson to its firm. Donelson practices civil litigation with an emphasis on health law, professional liability, personal injury and product...

Armstrong Teasdale recognized by Fortune 1000 companies.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Large and Fortune 1000 companies identified Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P. as a leader on a recent survey conducted by BTI Consulting Group Inc. BTI recognized 240 individual law firms nationally this year,...

Bryan Cave adds partner to St. Louis office.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Brian C. Walsh has joined the international law firm Bryan Cave L.L.P. as a partner in its St. Louis office. Walsh has experience in bankruptcy, restructuring and commercial litigation and has...

Three Thompson Coburn attorneys become partners.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Thompson Coburn attorneys Matthew S. Darrough, David B. Jinkins and Susan L. Werstak have become partners in the firm. Darrough is a member of the firm's business litigation and appellate practices. He...

Dan Schoenleber joins Brown Smith Wallace in audit group.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Dan Schoenleber joins Brown Smith Wallace as a staff accountant in the audit group. As a staff accountant, Schoenleber will support the audit group while working on audit review engagements. Prior to...

Home Theater Specialists of America names new president.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Home Theater Specialists of America has named David Young president of its board of directors for 2006. Young is president of The Sound Room, a home technology and entertainment provider with showrooms...

The Lawrence Group adds two designers to staff.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Chris Earp and Angie Iverson have joined the Lawrence Group as designers. Earp's responsibilities include design on residential and adaptive reuse projects as well as three-dimensional renderings of...

Children's Trust Fund presents 2005 Richard P. Easter Award.
January 14, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Maria Gomez recently received the Children's Trust Fund 2005 Richard P. Easter Award for her exemplary contribution to child abuse and neglect prevention and child protection. Detective Sgt. Gomez is a...

Commentary: Fraud prevention 101: Businesses both big and small vulnerable.
January 14, 2006... Byline: Tracy L. Coenen The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Lawyer, a sister publication. MILWAUKEE - Fraud is an industry unto itself, causing annual losses to U.S. companies totaling at least $660 billion....

Commentary: Preparing for the financial hurt of divorce.
January 14, 2006... Byline: Dena Frenkel This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. Divorce is never something you plan on, but it's no secret that not every marriage ends up in eternal bliss. For many...

Cutting-edge litigation technology vital to successful cases.
January 15, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan This article was originally published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. Litigation technology has grown so much since the days when a simple PowerPoint presentation was considered de rigeur in...

Commentary: The secrets to a successful strategic plan.
January 15, 2006... Byline: Stuart Levine This article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, a sister publication. LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - Last year I addressed a group of marketing execs for large national law firms. I took a show of...