A St. Louis jury on Wednesday ordered a river freight firm to pay the mother of a man who drowned on the Mississippi River $15 million.
Casey Redmond, who was working for St. Louis-based Osage Marine Services, fell into the Mississippi and drowned on Dec. 15, 2019, court records say. His body hasn't been found.
A lawsuit filed in 2021 by Redmond's mother, Candace Love, alleged that Osage assigned Redmond to work with a supervisory employee who tested positive for drugs immediately after the incident,…
There's still time to make a nomination in the St. Louis Business Journal's 2023 Corporate Counsel Awards, which seek to recognize the best and brightest legal minds in the corporate landscape.
The nomination deadline has been extended to Friday, March 24. You can submit your nomination here.
These awards will span all levels of the corporate legal department structure, from in-house generalists and specialists to chief legal officers and general counsel, who work in nonprofit organizations or…
St. Louis developer CRG has dropped its plan for a $500 million redevelopment of footwear retailer Caleres' Clayton headquarters, as a new company, Pier Property Group, has the site under contract for a mixed-use plan.
Hundreds of food service workers at Washington University are facing layoffs this spring as the university's contract with a California-based company ends.
The state had no investments in a pair of banks that failed in the last week, according to Missouri's treasurer, who said he has been assured by St. Louis Federal Reserve officials that “Missouri’s financial institutions are in a stable position.”
Judges in the 22nd Judicial Circuit have retained a former assistant St. Louis circuit attorney who also served 25 years on the bench as their attorney during the Missouri attorney general’s legal battle to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office.
Booker Shaw, now of the Thompson Coborn law firm, entered Thursday on behalf of the judges, who have been served subpoenas and notified that they may be asked to testify against the city’s top prosecutor.
Judge Bryan Hettenbach…
Centene’s decision to use a new standard for charitable giving, which took effect last year, is expected to have a big impact on St. Louis-area organizations.
A Husch Blackwell Strategies lobbyist who previously worked for SSM Health and a Centene Corp. subsidiary has died.
Jessica Pabst, of Lake Saint Louis, unexpectedly died Wednesday, HBS said. It didn't give a cause and didn't immediately have her age.
"Jessica walked through life with a loving kindness that left everyone she encountered feeling more loved, appreciated, and cared for," HBS said. "She was smart in the office, relentless in the pursuit of her objectives and she leaves an unfillable…
St. Louis-based Procure by The Women’s Creative is opening its first Florida location, in Tampa's Hyde Park Village open-air mall.
The shop will create opportunities for Tampa-area women-owned, product-based businesses to showcase their products in this retail space, featuring a collection of gifts, accessories, home goods and skincare primarily from Florida-based companies.
Procure will collaborate with more than three dozen women-owned businesses to bring awareness to their brands and products…
The newly launched St. Louis startup includes founders who sold their last business to a publicly traded company. They're bullish about their new endeavor, with plans to rapidly grow the startup's team in the coming months.
Mirroring the overall real estate market, preliminary assessed values for residential real estate in St. Louis County have increased significantly since 2021, the last time values were calculated.
The office of the Missouri attorney general has decided not to pursue action against the man behind St. Louis’ largest Kickstarter campaign on record.
Thousands of backers wanted a magnet-based "fort" during the pandemic. Nearly two years later, some of those Get the Fort customers are still waiting for their items.
St. Louis’ Conor Lewis is the founder of the business. The fort was supposed to be a toy that would give parents a break during the pandemic. It’s a magnetic foam system made…
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday asked a judge to set a June trial date in his case that seeks the ouster of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner.
The city of St. Charles has retained two law firms to represent it in an anticipated lawsuit against Ameren Missouri related to contamination of the city's water well fields.
Violent crimes within a one-mile radius of the Arch have seen a sharp uptick since 2019, while arrests in the same area have declined. One consulting firm says that this, in part, could keep Arch traffic down from pre-pandemic levels.
Ellen Piazza attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and worked in kitchens in Key West, Florida, and Charlotte, North Carolina, before returning home to St. Louis to take an adjunct professor job at St. Louis Community College. Twenty-one years later, she's leading the program and has trained nationally acclaimed chefs.
Missouri loses $1.35 billion in economic growth and $280 million in tax revenue due to child care instability. We must do more, say St. Louis business leaders.
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