Courts sometimes appoint guardians ad litem to assist minors or others. In DeSpain v. DeSpain, Consol. Case No. WD87182, 2025 Mo. App. LEXIS 398 (Mo. Ct. App. June 17, 2025), the court dealt with a ...

In the context of third-party liability claims, a familiar arrangement arises when an insurer retains defense counsel for its insured: the tripartite relationship among the insured, the insurer, and ...

Many lawyers across Missouri take exception to how the Sunshine Law's first exception of attorney-client privilege is interpreted. Some say the exception in the state statute granting the public the ...

A flat-bladed screwdriver can hew away strips of wood. But any woodworker knows a chisel would be the preferred tool for shaving and shaping the wood. Forcing a tool to perform another task not only ...

The past year has proven challenging for many law school clinics and student-based organizations. They have experienced the political and legal retaliation that sometimes comes when representing ...

Many notable cases have admonished lawyers for using unconfirmed artificial intelligence identified citations that turned out to be incorrect (so-called hallucinations). That issue doesn’t negate the ...

A company’s ability to claim privilege over internal investigation materials is essential. Yet in May 2024, a Federal District Court in Ohio held that materials created during a company’s internal ...