Commercial Litigation


Employment & Labor Law Blog
Can an employee's hostile, abusive, or offensive speech actually be protected and, if so, when?


Employment & Labor Law Blog
Eighth Circuit Rejects College Instructor's Claims of Sex Discrimination and Hostile Work Environment

Employment & Labor Law Blog
EEOC continues to prioritize its focus on the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions.

Employment & Labor Law Blog
FTC Proposes Rule to Ban Non-Compete Agreements

Financial Services Law Blog
Holding the Purse and Wielding the Sword: The Fifth Circuit Finds CFPB's Funding Mechanism Unconstitutional

Financial Services Law Blog
Tenth Circuit Mandates "Reasonable Consumer" standard for FDCPA claims

Financial Services Law Blog
Secured Creditors of Missouri Get Some Guidance and Good News from the Missouri Supreme Court


Financial Services Law Blog
Missouri Court Clarifies Issues of Prejudgment Interest Pre-2021

Illinois Law Blog
Admitting agency no longer bars direct negligence theories in Illinois.

Transportation Law Blog
Admitting agency no longer bars direct negligence theories in Illinois.



Illinois Law Blog
TRO Puts Illinois Judicial Circuit Redistricting to a Halt

Missouri Law Blog
The Pandemic Continues to Impact Kansas City Area Trials and Verdicts

Employment & Labor Law Blog
2021: A Whirlwind Year for Labor & Employment Law



Missouri Law Blog
An Inconvenient Forum? Move to Dismiss Before It's Too Late


Missouri Law Blog
The Kansas City Area Saw Trials Plummet in 2020 Due to the Pandemic







Employment & Labor Law Blog
Employees Aggrieved Out-of-State Cannot Sue Missouri-based Employers under the Missouri Human Rights Act.


Transportation Law Blog
Federal Aviation Administration Certifies UPS to Become First-ever Drone Airline.


Financial Services Law Blog
Update: House Passes SAFE Banking Act



Product Liability Law Blog
United States Supreme Court Holds Counterclaim Defendants May Not Remove Diverse Lawsuits




Financial Services Law Blog
Compliance Check for Financial Institutions: Is Your Website Accessible' to those with Disabilities?



Missouri Law Blog
Hopping on the Missouri Bandwagon? Not so Fast Out-of-State Litigants.

Financial Services Law Blog
CFPB Proposes to Rescind Underwriting Requirement of 2017 Payday Loan Rule



Missouri Law Blog
When it Comes to Nonconforming Goods, is the Customer Always Right?

Missouri Law Blog
City of St. Louis - Still A Judicial Hellhole

Financial Services Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Denies Recovery of Attorneys' Fees Despite FDCPA's Mandatory Recovery Provision




Financial Services Law Blog
$224 million sought in lawsuit against AT&T over cryptocurrency theft

Financial Services Law Blog
UPDATE: Local Payday Lender enters into $1 Consent Order with CFPB


Financial Services Law Blog
UPDATE: Major Financial Reform Bill Signed into Law

Financial Services Law Blog
A Circuit Split is Born: Third Circuit Rejects the Discovery Rule for FDCPA Statute of Limitations

Financial Services Law Blog
Bipartisan Financial Reform Bill Expected to Pass in Senate

Financial Services Law Blog
Change in Leadership Marks Turning Point for CFPB

Financial Services Law Blog
Bitcoin, Bankers, and Barriers to Legislation

Financial Services Law Blog
Update - Senate Unwinds CFPB Arbitration Rule

Financial Services Law Blog
New CFPB Rule Prohibits Consumer Waiver of Class Action Litigation

Financial Services Law Blog
SCOTUS upholds narrow interpretation of "debt collector" under the FDCPA

Financial Services Law Blog
Financial CHOICE Act Garners Sufficient Votes in House Vote

Product Liability Law Blog
You've Got Mail - Service of Process by Mail is Satisfactory under the Hague Service Convention

Financial Services Law Blog
Missouri Court Finds that Overdraft Fees are Money Well Spent

Kansas Law Blog
Reunited and it Feels so Good

Financial Services Law Blog
Community Banks Press On in Fight for Regulation Reform

Missouri Law Blog
The Daubert Standard - Coming Soon to a Missouri Court Near You

Product Liability Law Blog
Federal Judges Blow Their Stacks Over Boilerplate Objections

Financial Services Law Blog
CFPB Sets its Sights on Student Loan Servicing

Financial Services Law Blog
Favorable Ruling for Loan Servicers regarding Statute of Limitations

Financial Services Law Blog
Challenges Remain to Widespread Implementation of e-Mortgages

Financial Services Law Blog
FinCEN Issues New Advisory to Financial Institutions Regarding Reporting of Cyber-Events

Financial Services Law Blog
Structure of CFPB declared unconstitutional in PHH Mortgage holding

Financial Services Law Blog
Future of CFPB Uncertain under Trump Administration




Employment & Labor Law Blog
Constructive Discharge Claims: When Does the 45-Day Period for Initiating Contact with the EEOC Begin to Run?

Missouri Law Blog
SCOTUS Deadlock results in favorable outcome for Missouri bank

Kansas Law Blog
Kansas Courts Reluctant to Find Waiver of Arbitration



Missouri Law Blog
The Benefits and Enforceability of Evergreen Contracts

Employment & Labor Law Blog
The Eighth Circuit Provides Clarity on Outside Sales Exemption and Waiver Requirements under FLSA

Kansas Law Blog
Prevailing-party agents entitled to attorney's fees

Product Liability Law Blog
The Supreme Court's Jurisdictional Stretch in Resolving the Evidence Needed to Support a CAFA Removal

Product Liability Law Blog
In a differential etiology, experts need not rule out all possible causes

Kansas Law Blog
Punitive Damages Part 1: Don't Get Caught Flat-Footed

Employment & Labor Law Blog
Workers' Compensation + Retaliation + Missouri Supreme Court adopts the "contributing factor" standard

Kansas Law Blog
Kansas abolishes assumption of the risk defense.


Kansas Law Blog