Plain-language updates on estate planning, business law, technology and AI, and the issues that affect Missourians — written to be useful, not billable.
Missouri treats landlord lockouts, removal of a tenant’s belongings, and utility shutoffs as forcible entry and detainer under RSMo § 441.233. Here are the penalties landlords face, from…
Read ArticleA Missouri comparison of the qualified spousal trust, QTIP trust, personal residence trust, and revocable trust with beneficiary deed: what each does, its benefits and drawbacks, and which…
Read ArticleThe Western District held that a 1962 gas pipeline easement obligates the operator to tap the line for a house built after the original farmhouse burned, and reversed…
Read ArticleThe U.S. Supreme Court's September 25 order leaves Missouri's 2022 congressional map in place for the November 3 election and sends the 2025 map to voters as Proposition…
Read ArticleThe Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed a Butler County misdemeanor conviction on September 24, 2026, holding that section 455.085.8 requires proof of distance to the protected…
Read ArticleMost Missouri estates will never owe federal estate tax, but many still must file a Form 1041 income tax return once the estate's gross income reaches $600. Here…
Read ArticleMissouri's Attorney General sent cease-and-desist letters to Polymarket, Kalshi, Crypto.com, Novig, Underdog, and Robinhood on September 18, 2026. Here is what Missouri's constitution requires, where the federal courts…
Read ArticleOn September 15, 2026, the Western District reversed a Jackson County murder conviction because the jury instruction joined general self-defense and castle doctrine self-defense with “or” instead of…
Read ArticleThe Missouri Court of Appeals refused to compel arbitration in an employment case because the offer letter never fixed a start date and the employer rescinded the offer…
Read ArticleMissouri's Southern District affirmed approval of a conservator's final settlement on September 14, 2026, holding that a conservator's fiduciary duty runs to the protectee and that an adult…
Read Article