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Kansas Utility Owes CEO $2.46M in Defense Costs

Echoing a similar holding by a federal judge concerning another company executive, a special master in Kansas state court has found that a utility company wrongly refused to pay $2.46 million in legal fees to defend its former chairman and CEO in a criminal fraud case. The utility, Westar Energy…

Nov 15, 2007 7:17 PM CST

Sperm Donor Loses Suit for Parental Rights

A sperm donor who wants a relationship with his children has failed to overturn a Kansas law that bars parental rights absent a written agreement. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled the law did not violate state or federal constitutional due process and equal protection provisions, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. Daryl…

Oct 29, 2007 2:24 PM CDT

Abortion Doc Tries To Block Grand Jury

In an unusual case emerging out of Kansas, a late-term abortion provider has petitioned the state supreme court to block a grand jury investigation into his clinic practices. Anti-abortion groups took the rare step of petitioning for Sedgwick County to convene a grand jury to probe the Wichita clinic run…

Oct 24, 2007 8:50 PM CDT

Ex-AG, Now a Local DA, Charges Abortion Clinic

A former Kansas attorney general who wrangled with abortion clinics is continuing to take an aggressive stance as a local district attorney. Prosecutor Phill Kline charged a Planned Parenthood clinic yesterday with performing illegal late-term abortions, the New York Times reports. He also accused the clinic of failing to determine…

Oct 18, 2007 1:44 PM CDT

Merit, Not Lockstep, Pay at Jones Day

Despite the attention paid in recent months to Howrey’s announcement that it would no longer implement a so-called lockstep pay schedule for associate attorneys, merit-based salary schedules are by no means unprecedented at major firms. Jones Day has had such a salary system for associates for decades, paying young attorneys…

Oct 15, 2007 8:03 PM CDT

Sprint’s 30-Day Settlement Total Nears $150 M

With a $57.5 million Kansas class action settlement just announced by Sprint-Nextel Corp., the company’s settlement agreements in three cases during the past month now total nearly $150 million. If approved by the judge in the case, the latest settlement would amount to only a small fraction of the $1.3…

Sep 25, 2007 11:41 PM CDT

How the Cops Caught BTK

Playing to a serial killer’s ego helped crack the case

May 1, 2006 12:01 AM CDT

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