Professional & Management Liability
Speaking Engagements
Thomas Rice Serves as Moderator For Cyber Liability and Data Breach Panel
Speaking Engagements
Rice to Speak on Professional Liability Issues at Chartis Seminar
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Financial Services Law Blog
Supreme Court Declines Credit Card Companies' Request to Review Class Certification
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![The Financial Services Community and Tech Industry Waits to See if 2024 Brings CFPB Scrutiny to $1.7 Trillion Worth of Digital Payments](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/137712_02062024.jpeg)
![The Supreme Court will resolve a Circuit split regarding when the statute of limitations begins to run under the Administrative Procedure Act](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/135305_10302023.jpeg)
![Eighth Circuit Affirms Decision that Insurance Company Did Not Violate the Terms of its Policy by Requesting Reimbursement from an Adverse Insurer.](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/135178_10112023.jpeg)
![The Impact of Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co. in Illinois, Missouri & Kansas](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/134665_08042023.jpeg)
Product Liability Law Blog
The Impact of Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co. in Illinois, Missouri & Kansas
![Missouri Court of Appeals Provides Guidance on Employee Duties Under Non-Compete Clauses in a Breach of Contract and Business Interference Case](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/133444_06282023.jpeg)
![Missouri Court of Appeals Provides Guidance on Interlocutory Appeal Requirements and Pleadings Standards in an Employment Discrimination Case](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/133208_05312023.jpeg)
![National Labor Relations Board Restores Precedent that an Employer Acts Unlawfully by Proffering Severance Agreements Conditioned Upon Waiver of Statutory Rights](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/132704_04032023.jpeg)
![Illinois Rules Telephone Consultation Created Physician-Patient Relationship](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/131311_02212023.jpeg)
Healthcare Law Blog
Illinois Rules Telephone Consultation Created Physician-Patient Relationship
![Illinois Rules Telephone Consultation Created Physician-Patient Relationship](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/131315_02212023.jpeg)
![Secured Creditors of Missouri Get Some Guidance and Good News from the Missouri Supreme Court](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/129250_10192022.jpeg)
Financial Services Law Blog
Secured Creditors of Missouri Get Some Guidance and Good News from the Missouri Supreme Court
![Timely Motion for Change of Judge Strips a Judge's Authority to Rule on Subsequent Motions](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/126067_07182022.jpg)
![Missouri Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of the Statutory Punitive Damages Cap, as Applied to Claims for Breach of the Duty of Loyalty and Tortious Interference](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/124322_07012022.jpg)
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Employment & Labor Law Blog
In MHRA Disability Discrimination Claims, "Reasonable Accommodation" Remains a Fact-Intensive Inquiry
![TRO Puts Illinois Judicial Circuit Redistricting to a Halt](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/120475_06072022.jpg)
Illinois Law Blog
TRO Puts Illinois Judicial Circuit Redistricting to a Halt
![The Pandemic Continues to Impact Kansas City Area Trials and Verdicts](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/120425_06272022.jpg)
Missouri Law Blog
The Pandemic Continues to Impact Kansas City Area Trials and Verdicts
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Employment & Labor Law Blog
OSHA Reacts to COVID-19 Pandemic and Issues Vaccine-or-Testing Mandate: What Employers Need to Know (Update)
![Once More unto the Breach: the Missouri Supreme Court Again Takes Up the Question of Constitutional Limits on Missouri's Statutory Punitive Damages Cap](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/119517_06272022.jpg)
![The Kansas City Area Saw Trials Plummet in 2020 Due to the Pandemic](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/114726_10272022.jpg)
Missouri Law Blog
The Kansas City Area Saw Trials Plummet in 2020 Due to the Pandemic
![Missouri enacts significant changes affecting punitive damages and consumer protection claims](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![Missouri House Approves Stricter Standards for Punitive Damages Claims](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
Missouri Law Blog
Missouri House Approves Stricter Standards for Punitive Damages Claims
![Kansas City Area Saw Increase in Defense Verdicts in 2019, According to Annual Jury Data](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
![Second Update: Hopping On The Missouri Bandwagon? Not So Fast Out Of State Litigants.](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![From the East to the West, Does Arbitration in Missouri Reign Best? Missouri Courts Uphold and Invalidate Arbitration Agreements](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
![Update: Hopping on the Missouri Bandwagon? Not so Fast Out-of-State Litigants.](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
![In a case of first impression, the Appellate Court of Illinois allows counsel to withdraw previously disclosed testifying expert](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![Hopping on the Missouri Bandwagon? Not so Fast Out-of-State Litigants.](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
Missouri Law Blog
Hopping on the Missouri Bandwagon? Not so Fast Out-of-State Litigants.
![City of St. Louis - Still A Judicial Hellhole](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
Missouri Law Blog
City of St. Louis - Still A Judicial Hellhole
![You've Got Mail - Service of Process by Mail is Satisfactory under the Hague Service Convention](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
Product Liability Law Blog
You've Got Mail - Service of Process by Mail is Satisfactory under the Hague Service Convention
![The Daubert Standard - Coming Soon to a Missouri Court Near You](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
Missouri Law Blog
The Daubert Standard - Coming Soon to a Missouri Court Near You
![Federal Judges Blow Their Stacks Over Boilerplate Objections](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
Product Liability Law Blog
Federal Judges Blow Their Stacks Over Boilerplate Objections
![Mere Designation of an Expert Witness Does Not Waive the Work Product Doctrine Protections](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
![Out-of-State Injury/Plaintiff/Defendant - Or All of the Above](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
Missouri Law Blog
Out-of-State Injury/Plaintiff/Defendant - Or All of the Above
![State ex rel. Heartland Title Services, Inc. v. The Honorable Kevin D. Harrell](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
!["Excusable neglect" is a real standard requiring real evidence (Updated 01.04.2016)](B07AF5/assets/images/NewsImages/30187_02062023.jpeg)
![In a differential etiology, experts need not rule out all possible causes](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
Product Liability Law Blog
In a differential etiology, experts need not rule out all possible causes
![Punitive Damages Part 1: Don't Get Caught Flat-Footed](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
Kansas Law Blog
Punitive Damages Part 1: Don't Get Caught Flat-Footed
![Workers' Compensation + Retaliation + Missouri Supreme Court adopts the "contributing factor" standard](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
Employment & Labor Law Blog
Workers' Compensation + Retaliation + Missouri Supreme Court adopts the "contributing factor" standard
![Kansas abolishes assumption of the risk defense.](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb1.png)
Kansas Law Blog
Kansas abolishes assumption of the risk defense.
![A mundane lesson from an important decision, or, the importance of presenting evidence](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb2.png)
![No Signed Settlement Necessary, Except When It Is](/B07AF5/static_assets/images/thumb0.png)
Kansas Law Blog