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Significant Changes Coming to Missouri Trial Practice: Joinder and Venue

By Litigation / May 31, 2019 / Comments Off on Significant Changes Coming to Missouri Trial Practice: Joinder and Venue

The Missouri Legislature concluded its 2019 session with the passage of two bills that, if signed by Governor Michael Parson, would limit Missouri’s existing joinder and venue rules (Senate Bill No. 7) and limit discovery under the Missouri Supreme Court Rules (Senate Bill No. 224). In the first of a multi-part series, we discuss Senate…

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Nothing Lasts Forever . . . Non-Compete Agreements Included

By Brian J. Sabin / April 11, 2019 / Comments Off on Nothing Lasts Forever . . . Non-Compete Agreements Included

Successful companies make significant investments in their employees in the form training, relationships, sharing confidential or proprietary information and other resources. If all goes well, a company’s employees can become valuable assets. As such, an employer should protect the value of its “employee” assets, just as it protects the value of its other tangible and…

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Missouri Supreme Court Holds Joinder Cannot Establish Venue

By Litigation / February 22, 2019 / Comments Off on Missouri Supreme Court Holds Joinder Cannot Establish Venue

The Missouri Supreme Court has held that permissive joinder of separate claims cannot extend venue to a county when, absent joinder, venue in that county would not be proper for each claim. In State ex rel. Johnson & Johnson v. Burlison, No. SC 96704, 2019 WL 581175 (Mo. banc Feb. 13, 2019), the Missouri Supreme…

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