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On September 1 the Western District dismissed Fortune v. CTA Certified Transmission after finding three fictitious cases in the appellant's brief. What Rule 84.04 and Rule 55.03 require,…
Read ArticleTwo clean ways to leave a specific sum to a specific person in Missouri: a TOD bank account or a gift written into your trust. Each is simple,…
Read ArticleAs of August 28, 2026, a Missouri drunk driver who kills a parent can be ordered to pay child maintenance, and a repeat offender who kills faces a…
Read ArticleA federal court enjoined NFA registration for suppressors and short-barreled rifles on August 13, 2026. The order is party-specific, Missouri is not a plaintiff state, and the appeal…
Read ArticleMissouri's HB 2641 reclassifies most intoxicating hemp products as marijuana on November 12, 2026. What it means for retailers and consumers, and the federal court challenge now pending.
Read ArticleMissouri repealed its narrow anti-SLAPP statute on August 28, 2026 and replaced it with the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act. Section 537.529 adds a sixty-day special motion to…
Read ArticleSection 442.920, RSMo took effect August 28, 2026. It requires a separate fourteen-day disclosure, holds title for thirty days, and gives homeowners a non-waivable claim for $10,000 plus…
Read ArticleSuppressors and short-barreled rifles are more affordable than they have been in nearly a century, and interest in them is climbing. The tool that lets a family own,…
Read ArticleA president slipping off a decoy aircraft made the headlines, but the more durable legal question sits on the tarmac behind it: the plane at the center of…
Read ArticleThe Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether states may ban AR-15-style rifles. The outcome will shape the Second Amendment landscape nationwide, and Missouri gun owners have good…
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