WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Arnold and Porter, a law firm, issued the following news on April 4, 2024: Arnold & Porter achieved a significant victory for clients Lindt & Sprungli, Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, and Russell Stover (the "Chocolate Companies") on March 30, 2024. After a two-week trial in the Western District of Missouri, an eight-person jury returned a verdict in favor of the Chocolate Companies on all counts in a dispute involving the failed implementation of a warehouse distribution   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 5 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: International law firm BCLP has advised Get Living on the real estate and construction aspects of a pound sterling110 million financing deal for its New Maker Yards neighbourhood with Rothesay Life plc. Get Living is the UK's leading build to rent operator of large-scale neighbourhoods. Rothesay is the UK's largest pensions insurance specialist. New Maker Yards comprises of 821 build to rent a  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 5 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: BCLP Partner Andrey Spektor was quoted in Law360, Bloomberg Law, Politico, CBS MoneyWatch, Law.com and Yahoo. Finance discussing the sentencing of crypto titan and FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried for his involvement in one of the largest financial crimes in U.S. history. In November 2023, the former billionaire was convicted on all seven counts of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering along wi  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 5 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce it has been named among Kansas City's Best Companies to Work For by Ingram's. Ingram's "Best Companies to Work For" list recognizes workplaces of the highest quality in the greater Kansas City area--distinguished by management practices, educational opportunities, benefits, and teamwork spirit, setting them apart from thousands of other comp  more

MARSHALL, Missouri, April 5 -- Missouri Valley College issued the following news: Missouri Valley College has announced that Lisa Pelofsky has joined President Joe Parisi's senior leadership team as chief grants officer and government relations liaison. Pelofsky, a Kansas City native, has more than 25 years of experience with fundraising and grant writing. She began her career on Capitol Hill as a Congressional staffer and has served in various fundraising positions on Congressional and Senato  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 5 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office has requested that the Missouri Supreme Court set an execution date for Christopher Collings. In November of 2007, Christopher Collings abducted, raped, and murdered nine-year-old Rowan Ford of Stella, Missouri, in Newton County. Afterwards, Collings th  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 5 (TNSres) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Popular alternative to CPAP machines may not be appropriate for all * * * A nerve-stimulation treatment for obstructive sleep apnea that originally was approved only for people with body mass indexes (BMIs) in the healthy range recently was extended to patients with BMIs up to 40, a weight range generally described as severely obese. A healthy BMI ranges fr  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 5 -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: Cassandra M. Pruitt, MD, a professor of pediatrics, has been named director of the Division of Academic Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She had served as interim director since July 2022. The academic pediatrics division is home to the university's Complex Care Clinic, which offers primary care to children  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 5 -- The University of Missouri System issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: The University of Missouri System announced Thursday that it will extend its enrollment deadline to May 15 to give prospective students and their families more time to review their financial aid offers and make college decisions. The UM System joins hundreds of other higher education institutions that have extended their enrollment deadlines due to changes to the Free Applicatio  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 5 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news on April 3, 2024: Jackson County, Missouri, voters rejected a sales tax proposal April 2 to fund a new stadium for the Kansas City Royals and renovations to the Chiefs' home Arrowhead Stadium. While neither team has announced what move it will make next, the vote has signaled uncertainty about the organizations' future. Christopher Etheridge, a researcher who studies sports media and society, community groups and   more