Missouri Lawyers Weekly articles from May 2005

Missouri Lawyers Weekly archives from May 2005

Commentary: Review of Missouri's new workers' compensation law.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Judge Carl Mueller Senate Bill Nos. 1 & 130 represent arguably the most major revision of Missouri's Workers' Compensation Law in over a decade, repealing 35 sections and enacting 40 new sections of the Law. The law has an Aug....

Lawyers bring high tech to courtrooms.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Amanda C. Tinnin The bookcases are dusty, file cabinets have been replaced by databases and ink pens can now directly load notes into a computer. Technology has evolved the practice of law and many attorneys believe the change is...

MO Supreme Court rules worker owes duty of loyalty to employer.(Scanwell Freight Express STL Inc.)
May 2, 2005... Byline: Geri Dreiling Where an employer alleged that a worker lined up a new job with a direct competitor, provided confidential information to the competitor and arranged for the competitor to take over her employer's rental space, the...

Court security was docket item at D.C. summit.(Washington, D.C.)
May 2, 2005... Byline: Amanda C. Tinnin U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Paul McNulty last week testified to a congressional subcommittee that the number of threats aimed at judges were on the rise. He added that the number of security...

Commentary: Tort reform merely a boon for the business interests.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Holzknecht When a lawyer gives up his 25-year-old quadriplegic client's multi-million dollar claim for a lifetime of pain, suffering, disability, and loss of enjoyment of life resulting from an admitted medical mistake, in...

Commentary: Physicians caught between rock and a hard place.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Kirk H. Doan Missouri competes in a worldwide market for healthcare providers. The supply is limited. The number of American medical school graduates is about the same today as it was 25 years ago, yet our growing and aging...

Highlights of Missouri House Bill 393: Final Version.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff * Limits venue in tort actions to the county where the plaintiff was first injured. * Caps non-economic damages at $350,000, regardless of the number of defendants, with no annual inflator. ...

Section-by-section summary of Missouri House Bill 394.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Sect. 383.010 Makes all professional malpractice insurance subject to the same regulations as commercial casualty insurance (60 days notice of cancellation, 90 days notice of withdrawal from a line of...

Commentary: E-mail communications with clients and e-mail disclaimers.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Sara Rittman An attorney should consult with a client before communicating with the client by unencrypted e-mail. It is not necessary to obtain express consent but it is necessary to consult with the client about the risks of...

Both sides of lawsuit reform debate in Okla. need supporting statistical evidence.(Oklahoma)
May 2, 2005... Byline: Janice Francis-Smith (This article originally ran in The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, OK, another Dolan Media publication.) Though the anecdotal evidence is plentiful on either side of the lawsuit reform debate, those arguing...

Kent D. Syverud to become Washington University's new law school dean.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff In less than a year, Washington University will greet a new law school dean, Kent D. Syverud, following the departure of current law school Dean Joel Seligman for the University of Rochester on July 1....

Author of Dead Man Walking to speak at Legal Aid of W. Missouri's Justice for All Luncheon.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., author of Dead Man Walking: An Eye Witness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S., will speak at Legal Aid of Western Missouri's Seventh Annual Justice For All Luncheon...

Nominations needed for two important Missouri Bar awards.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The deadline for two important Missouri Bar awards is fast approaching. Nominations will be accepted until June 1 for the 2005 Lon O. Hocker Award and the 2005 Pro Bono Publico Award. Three lawyers are...

Missouri Lawyers in the News: May 2, 2005.(Edward A Gilkerson, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP )
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff St. Louis Area Chellie A. Butel and Jason McKnight recently joined Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard P.C. as associates. Butel received her juris doctoris from Saint Louis University School of law in...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: May 2, 2005.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Qualified Immunity - Repossession - State Action Even though officers who were called to a disturbance involving the repossession of a boat allowed an individual to proceed with...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: May 2, 2005.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Discovery - Overbroad - Asbestos Where a defendant in an asbestos wrongful death case was ordered to comply with discovery requests seeking information and documents on every...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 2, 2005.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Judgment - Finality - Jurisdiction Where a trial court dismissed without prejudice a pro se defendant's petition for declaratory judgment, the judgment was not a final order...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 2, 2005.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Counties Authority - Humane Society - Search Warrant Where county humane societies were given permission under a search warrant to humanely dispose of horses impounded under the warrant,...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 2, 2005.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Local Court Rules - Bail Bond - Deductions Where a court clerk deducted unpaid court costs and a fine from a pre-release cash bail bonds posted by defendants in criminal cases, a...

Verdicts & Settlements May 2, 2005: Man disabled after auto accident.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $6.25 Million Verdict A man injured when his car was forced off the road has won $6.25 million in his Jackson County case against the other driver and his employer. On Nov. 4, 1999, George Thuston,...

Verdicts & Settlements May 2, 2005: Rail worker claims job caused shoulder injury.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $878,000 Verdict An Amtrak employee who suffered a torn rotator cuff while assisting a passenger has won $878,000 in his Jackson County FELA case. Carl Toland, 49, began his job as a passenger...

Verdicts & Settlements May 2, 2005: Woman settles claim against two motorists.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $300,000 Settlement A passenger injured in an automobile accident has settled her St. Louis City case against the other drivers for $300,000. On Dec. 26, 2000, Miriam Moynihan, 35, was a passenger...

Verdicts & Settlements May 2, 2005: $250,000 settlement in medical negligence case.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $250,000 Settlement A patient who suffered a perforated bowel and resulting complications during a routine gallbladder-removal surgery has settled her Jackson County medical negligence case against the...

Verdicts & Settlements May 2, 2005: Computer service company settles suit.
May 2, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $225,000 Settlement A computer service company claiming that a former employee divulged its trade secrets and confidential business information to a competitor has settled its St. Louis County case for...

MO governor signs legislation to cut Medicaid coverage to minimum levels.(Matt Blunt)
May 9, 2005... Byline: Amanda C. Tinnin After 67 years of marriage, this is the first time John and Rita Hucklenbroich have been apart. "He's so handsome," Rita Hucklenbroich, 84, said as she gazed at a picture of her husband. "I'm so lonely. I miss...

MO Court of Appeals' Eastern District rules mortgage brokers have fiduciary responsibility.(Missouri)
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A mortgage broker could be held liable for breach of fiduciary duty to a borrower, and made to pay damages for loss of equity and increased monthly payments, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern...

MO Court of Appeals' Eastern District rules new car buyers have 4 yrs. to sue for warranty breach.(Missouri )
May 9, 2005... Byline: Geri L. Dreiling Where the buyers of a defective new car sued the manufacturer for diminished value due to the breach of warranty under federal law, the four-year statute of limitations in Missouri's Uniform Commercial Code...

Commentary: An insider's tips on oral arguments.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Amany Ragab Hacking As a law clerk, I have had the opportunity to watch numerous oral arguments and witness many faux paus made by both new and more seasoned lawyers. Similarly, in private practice, I have seen attorneys engage in...

Commentary: Success as a lawyer requires attention to detail.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Stephen E. Seckler Success as a lawyer requires attention to detail. If you file a discovery request and fail to include a category of business records, you may not get the documents you need to win your case. If you draft...

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis honors Nuremberg attorney.(Whitney R. Harris)
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis honored Friday its 2005 Distinguished Lawyer Award recipient Whitney R. Harris. Harris was recognized for his great and lasting contribution in...

Board of Directors of Missouri Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers honors several attorneys.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Board of Directors of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers honored several attorneys at its annual conference held last month at the Embassy Suites on the Plaza in Kansas City. ...

MO Lawyers in the News: May 9, 2005.(Missouri)(appointments and awards)
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The annual conference of the Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges was held in Columbia, Missouri, on April 6 - 8. Judge Byron D. Luber of Caruthersville was elected president,...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: May 9, 2005.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Motion To Reopen - Denial - Full Administration Where a debtor moved to reopen its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and was denied, the case had been fully administered, had been closed...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 9, 2005.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Judgment - Finality - Hearing Required Where a trial court's judgment stated that a further hearing was required to assess attorney's fees and costs, the judgment was not...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 9, 2005.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Banks and Banking Negligent Misrepresentation - Life Insurance - Attorney's Fees Where plaintiff won a jury award against a bank for negligent misrepresentation based on allegations that the...

Verdicts & Settlements May 9, 2005: Estate heirs win $12.8M in tax refund action.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $12.8 Million Judgment The heirs to an estate have won over $12.8 million in their tax refund action against the federal government. Kathryn Buder was the widow of G.A. Buder, who died in 1984...

Verdicts & Settlements May 9, 2005: Woman wins wrongful death suit against trucking company.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $220,000 Verdict A woman injured in a car accident that killed her husband has been awarded $220,000 in her St. Louis City wrongful death case against the truck driver and his employer. On...

Verdicts & Settlements May 9, 2005: Parents settle wrongful death case against hotel.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $113,683 Settlement The parents of 4-year-old child who drowned in a hotel swimming pool have settled their wrongful death case against the hotel owner and its management company for $113,683. ...

Verdicts & Settlements May 9, 2005: Man's truck repossessed after computer error.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $62,500 Settlement A man who claimed that his pickup truck was taken in a botched repossession has settled his Jackson County conversion case against the bank for $62,500. Michael Gregory...

Verdicts & Settlements May 9, 2005: Mazda wins defendant's verdict in product liability case.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict A woman who claimed that her new SUV exhibited starting problems has lost her St. Louis County products liability case against Mazda. Sheila Crawford, 42, purchased a 2003...

Plea bargain defuses gridlock, benefits system.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Amanda C. Tinnin The sixth amendment of the Constitution guarantees every man his day in court. But often that day is a rarity. Some court officials believe the lack of criminal trials actually works to the benefit of the...

Lawyers sanctioned when client pays fee, not pension rules 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Geri L. Dreiling Although lawyers expect to bill for their legal advice, they don't expect to be sanctioned when they advise their clients to pay the fee. But when a Kansas City law firm advised its financially-distressed...

IRS cracking down on shady tax shelters.(Internal Revenue Service)
May 16, 2005... Byline: Amanda C. Tinnin More than $6 billion has been protected by tax shelters and the Internal Revenue Service is coming after it. "They told us they were going to increase the focus and that has in fact occurred," said attorney...

Kansas City lawyers go back to the classroom.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff With bankruptcy rates on the rise, the Kansas City legal community has decided to raise the bar. A new program brings local attorneys and judges into the classroom to help students avoid preventable...

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission & post-9/11 backlash discrimination in the workplace.
May 16, 2005... Byline: William B. Jones In the aftermath of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was inundated with charges of discrimination alleging post 9/11 backlash discrimination by...

Marie A. Kenyon installed as president of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Marie A. Kenyon, managing attorney with Catholic Legal Assistance Ministry, was installed as president of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) for 2005-2006, at the Association's Law...

Attorney Steve Bouchard lends legal expertise to Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity chapter.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Untold legions of volunteers have swung hammers, pushed paint rollers, installed windows, completed roofs and performed all the other visible aspects of building homes for Habitat for Humanity since the...

MO Lawyers In The News: May 16, 2005.(appointments and awards)
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff St. Louis Area Charles A. Newman, partner with Bryan Cave LLP, has received a "What's Right with the Region!" Award from FOCUS St. Louis for doing something about recidivism. Newman was involved in...

United States Court Of Appeals Eighth Circuit Court Case Summaries: May 16, 2005.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Award - Manifest Disregard - Jurisdiction Where a plaintiff moved to vacate an arbitration award on the basis that the award reflected a manifest disregard for the applicable law,...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: May 16, 2005.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Venue - Service Of Process - Corporation Where an auto accident plaintiff who filed suit against a Delaware auto manufacturer in Jackson County served an employee of the...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 16, 2005.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Forum Non Conveniens - Panamanian Citizens - Wrongful Death Where plaintiffs who were survivors of Panamanian citizens who died from over exposure to radiation therapy brought...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 16, 2005.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Engineer's Lien - Improved Acreage - Priority Even though an engineering firm made improvements throughout 250 acres of land, Section 429.015.1 limits an engineer's lien to one acre...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 16, 2005.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative License Discipline - Peace Officer - Criminal Offense Where a peace officer pled guilty to a misdemeanor criminal offense, his peace officer license was subject to discipline and...

Verdicts & Settlements: May 16, 2005: Construction defects yields property trust.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $3.69 Million Verdict A property trust claiming that a construction company failed to repair construction defects in an office building has won $3.69 million in its St. Louis County breach of...

Verdicts & Settlements: May 16, 2005: Man pinned when changing tire.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $2.05 Million Settlement An employee severely injured while changing a tire on the job has settled his workers' compensation claim for $2.05 million. On Sept. 26, 2000, Bryan Sollars was...

Verdicts & Settlements: May 16, 2005: Drivers, horses killed in head-on collision.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.4 Million Settlement A woman whose husband was killed in a tractor-trailer collision has settled her Boone County wrongful death case against the other driver's employer and a tire manufacturer...

Verdicts & Settlements: May 16, 2005: Man's leg crushed under lift.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.25 Million Settlement A maintenance man who lost a leg when a freight lift fell on him has settled his Greene County case against the lift manufacturer and installers for $1.25 million. In...

Verdicts & Settlements: May 16, 2005: Store wins slip & fall case.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict A man injured when he slipped and fell on a greasy spot in a grocery store has lost his case against the store owner. On Jan. 6, 2003, Garry Price was grocery shopping at the...

MO Supreme Court rules policyholders has claim against insurer for punitives, legal fees.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Geri L. Dreiling Where an insurance company refused to give its policyholders copies of documents in their claims file even after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the policyholders were entitled to free and open access to the...

Medical malpractice challenges prevail.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Aaron Brown A Farmington-area doctor has won a defense verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit challenging his competency in the use of an innovative spinal fusion device. The victory was the fourth out of five lawsuits that...

A Greene County Circuit Court approves three auto insurance settlements.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Anne C. Vitale The mother and 12-year-old son of a woman killed in a car accident have settled a trio of Greene County cases for just under $1.5 million. The plaintiffs, who were also injured passengers in the vehicle, filed...

Focused politicians send more than 200 bills to Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Amanda C. Tinnin After talking for years about changing workers' compensation, civil litigation and medical malpractice, the Republican-dominated legislature acted on it. "What you're finding now, the Republicans are enjoying a...

Commentary: Uberrima fides - a two way street?
May 23, 2005... Byline: Bob Barton On May 11, 2005, a Chicago based bankruptcy judge - no doubt swallowing hard and making the least bad choice available, at least as he saw it - granted the request of United Airlines to break its pension promises to...

IP, real estate lawyers in demand as St. Louis firms boost hiring.(intellectaul property)
May 23, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess, Dolan Media Newswires The combined factors of low interest rates and technological advances mean a boost in law firm hiring, a recent survey by Robert Half Legal shows. This observation holds true for St. Louis as well,...

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission files suit against DaimlerChrysler.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last week filed a disability discrimination suit against DaimlerChrysler for laying off a production employee at its Fenton plant because he had a...

St. Louis attorney chosen as speaker.(Alvin Wolff Jr)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney, Alvin Wolff Jr. and Legal Nurse Consultant Kim Knobbe, from the Law Offices of Alvin Wolff Jr. and Associates, were recently chosen to be key note speakers at the American Association of Nurse...

Workshops on MO's new workers' comp laws to be held.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Associated Industries of Missouri (AIM) will host a series of Lunch and Learn Workshops on the state's new workers' compensation law. A panel of experts on workers' compensation laws will lead the...

MO Lawyers in the News: May 23, 2005.(appointments)(Missouri)
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Jacqueline L. Blocker has joined the law firm of Greensfleder, Hemker & Gale as an associated in the environmental practice group. Her practice focuses on representing clients in environmental...

Commentary: Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the Editor)
May 23, 2005... Byline: From Atty. Larry Luna, Forsyth, Mo. I note with interest your front page (above the fold) story in the May 9 edition titled "It will be better when he and I are gone." One cannot help but feel empathy for the Hucklenbroichs....

U.S. Court Of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: May 23, 2005.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Admiralty Barge Collision - Limitation Of Liability Act - 'Owner' Where the district court in an admiralty case involving a barge collision granted limited liability to the employer of the crew...

MO Court Of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 23, 2005.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Forum Non Conveniens - Dismissal - Canadian Law Where a Canadian resident was injured in Canada while using a paint primer manufactured by a Missouri defendant, the trial court...

MO Court Of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 23, 2005.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Evidence - Admission - Prior Misconduct Where a trial court allowed testimony from a girl who claimed she was inappropriately touched by the defendant in a statutory sodomy case,...

MO Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 23, 2005.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Construction - Garnishment - Right To Recover Where a judgment creditor of a subcontractor brought a garnishment action against a construction company that had two contracts with the...

Verdicts & Settlements May 23, 2005: Wrongful death settlement totals $3.275M.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $3.275M Settlement The parents of a 17-year-old girl who was killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in was hit by a train have settled their Jackson County wrongful death case against the...

Kansas City pays after breach of contract.(with Loch Sand & Construction Company )
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.6 Million Settlement A construction company claiming that the City of Kansas City caused delays and disruptions to a street widening project has settled its Clay County breach of contract case...

Verdicts & Settlements May 23, 2005: Automobile fatality leads to $1.499M settlement.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.499 Million Settlement The mother and minor child of a woman killed in a car accident have settled their Greene County cases against the other driver for nearly $1.5 million. On Sept. 18,...

St. Louis County Circuit Court jury sides with nurse in malpractice suit.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict A man who suffered partial vision loss during eye lid surgery has lost his St. Louis County medical malpractice case against the nurse anesthetist's practice group. On...

Verdicts & Settlements May 23, 2005: Woman dies after entanglement with bed rails.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $273,391 Settlement The adult children of a 78-year-old woman who died after becoming entangled with her bed rail have won $273,391 in their Jackson County products liability case against the...

St. Louis County Court jury hands down defense verdict in cerebral palsy case.(SSM Regional Health Services sued by Sharon Miller)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Geri L. Dreiling After a three-week jury trial in St. Louis County, a multi-million dollar medical malpractice suit filed on behalf of a teenage girl severely disabled by cerebral palsy ended in a defense verdict. In the hour...

Sports equipment bag manufacturer wins $8.65M in suit against Rawlings Sporting Goods.(Matrix Group Limited Inc.)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A sports equipment bag manufacturer has won $8.65 million in its federal breach of contract and tortious interference case against St. Louis-based Rawlings Sporting Goods and its parent company, K2, Inc., of...

Some criminal attorneys see Mo. statute as rights issue.(investigative subpoena law)
May 30, 2005... Byline: Amanda C. Tinnin The USA Patriot Act of 2001 has caused much debate about individual privacy, but some criminal attorneys believe a small Missouri statute has more teeth than the Patriot Act and is being ignored. "Everybody is...

School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis recognizes six alumni.
May 30, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis recently celebrated the outstanding achievements of six individuals at its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner. Distinguished Law Alumni...

Kansas City law firm honored.
May 30, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Shook Hardy & Bacon has been named the 2005 Global Product Liability Law Firm of the Year in the inaugural Who's Who Legal Awards. Based on nominations from clients and private practice...

Missouri Lawyers in the News: May 30, 2005.
May 30, 2005... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff St. Louis Area Gov. Matt Blunt has appointed Craig C. Borchelt of St. Louis to the Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission. Borchelt currently serves in the U.S. Army Reserve assigned to...