Atlanta-based Constangy Brooks & Smith has raided two well-known labor and employment firms and some BigLaw competitors, gaining 12 attorneys, two new offices and an additional name partner in the…
Discriminatory intent and a focus on revenue by officials in Ferguson, Missouri, are adversely affecting African Americans who are subjected to “a pattern of unconstitutional policing” in the town, a…
The U.S. Justice Department has announced it won’t charge Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson with civil rights violations for the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown.
An upcoming Justice Department report will criticize police in Ferguson, Missouri, for traffic stops in which blacks are disproportionately ticketed and arrested, sources tell the New York Times.
A rapidly expanding Kansas City-based law firm known for its litigation work is opening a new office, as of March 1, by acquiring a 25-attorney Chicago litigation boutique.
Polsinelli chairman Russell Welsh is expressing concern that Littler Mendelson will create a shortage of technology talent in Kansas City, Missouri, when it moves back-office functions to the city.
A double-murder trial scheduled in February for a Missouri lawyer accused of killing her father and his girlfriend in 2010 has been postponed at the request of the prosecution.
Reformers who want to address the black community’s anger in Ferguson, Missouri, hope to reform area traffic courts and the system for school board elections.
Dozens of lawyers in New York City and elsewhere joined protests Wednesday over recent police slayings of unarmed individuals and the way they have been handled by the criminal justice…
Public-interest law firms have filed suit against seven towns in the St. Louis area, contending that they impose illegal and unfair municipal court fees that have a disproportionate impact on…
The most credible eyewitnesses to the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown said the youth charged toward Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson when the officer fired the fatal shots, according…
Lawyers from around the country are headed to Ferguson, Missouri, in order to be on hand to help out if police and citizens clash after a grand jury decision is…
As a grand jury may be nearing a decision about whether to charge a white police officer in the controversial slaying of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, the Missouri…