Recently added articles from St. Charles County Business Record:
Missouri Department of Social Services needs to adopt rules, Missouri Supreme Court says
Mar 18, 2009; ... The Missouri Supreme Court said a denial of a couple's adoptionsubsidy by the state Department of Social Services' Family SupportDivision is not valid because the division's decision was not basedon formal rules and regulations. The court determined that the division did not ...
St. Louis County jury clears law firm in legal malpractice suit
Mar 18, 2009; ... A St. Louis County jury has cleared Sandberg Phoenix & vonGontard and one of its attorneys, Rodney Sharp, of all wrongdoing ina legal malpractice suit against them. Physician Hamid Hosseini had filed suit against Sharp, allegingthat the attorney had negligently represented him ...
Symposium to examine St. Louis-area civil rights cases
Mar 19, 2009; ... Starting with the infamous Dred Scott decision in 1857, a largenumber of significant civil rights cases have arisen out of St.Louis. To draw attention to those decisions, the St. Louis CountyHistorical Society is hosting a symposium on March 25 highlightingsome of the landmark ...
IRS ramping up collection efforts, tax attorneys say
Mar 19, 2009; ... The current tax season is tougher than most for Americans. Withunemployment and home foreclosures at record highs, more can'tafford to pay -- and won't pay -- their taxes. This could prove to be a problem as local tax attorneys arereporting that in the past few years, the Internal ...
Missouri appeals court affirms $1M verdict in defamation case
Mar 19, 2009; ... A Missouri appeals court upheld a $1 million verdict againstAllstate Indemnity Co. in a lawsuit claiming the insurer defamed ahomeowner in a denial letter. The insured, John Johnson, owned the Salem, Mo., home for aboutthree years when it was destroyed in a fire in July 2002 ....