Missouri governor picks ex-federal prosecutor to replace Kim Gardner as St. Louis circuit attorney

st. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Friday named Gabe Gore, a former assistant US attorney, as the new chief prosecutor in St. Louis, three days after Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s sudden departure.

Gore is a partner in the St. Louis law firm Dowd Bennett, served on the Ferguson Commission formed to examine the region’s policing and courts after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, and previously worked in the US Attorney’s Office in St. Louis. The Black clergy and others had urged Parson to appoint a Black person to the role, and Gore

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Former Trump attorney says he left legal team because of fighting

“In my opinion, he was not very honest with us or the client on certain things,” Parlatore said of Epshteyn.

Trump’s campaign disputed his former lawyer’s assertions. “Mr. Parlatore is no longer a member of the legal team. His statements regarding current members of the legal team are unfounded and categorically false,” a spokesperson said.

Parlatore’s departure was first announced Wednesday by CNN. “It’s personal, and it’s got nothing to do with my belief in the strength of the case,” he told POLITICO later that morning.

The withdrawal of the former Naval officer with a reputation for defending high-profile clients

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UPDATE: Legal battle brewing between Crosslinx Transit Solutions and Metrolinx

A legal battle is brewing between Crosslinx Transit Solutions (CTS), the consortium building the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, and Metrolinx.

Crosslinx filed a Notice of Application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice directed to Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario due to the failure of Metrolinx to retain an operator for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.

“CTS has been forced to take this step after months of engagement with Metrolinx about the challenges to the project as a result of Metrolinx having no signed operating agreement with the TTC (despite having a decade to do so),” wrote a spokesperson in an e-mail to

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Former Trump lawyer says adviser is why he quit

WASHINGTON –

A lawyer who quit Donald Trump’s legal team this past week attributed his decision Saturday to strategy disagreements with a close adviser to the former president.

Timothy Parlatore, who had been a key lawyer for Trump in a Justice Department special counsel investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents at his Florida estate, told CNN in an interview on Saturday that there were “certain individuals that made defending the president much harder than it needed to be.”

He singled out Boris Epshteyn, another lawyer and top Trump adviser in multiple criminal investigations, whom he accused of “doing

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Transgender graduation student attitude lawsuit

JACKSON, Miss. –

Opposing attorneys clashed Friday over whether a Mississippi school district can require a transgender girl to abide by a boys’ dress code as she and her classmates graduate from high school this weekend.

The 17-year-old girl, listed in court papers by her initials LB, had chosen a dress to wear with her cap and gown Saturday at Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, a coastal town about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Jackson . Graduating boys are expected to wear white shirts and black slacks, while girls are expected to wear white dresses.

Harrison County School

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US judge rejects Trump lawyer’s mysterious request in rape case | Courts News

Trump lawyer accused judge of bias as US writer E Jean Carroll’s civil lawsuit continues into second week in New York.

The United States judge overseeing the rape case against Donald Trump has denied a request for a mistrial, after a lawyer for the former president accused Judge Lewis Kaplan of ruling in a biased manner against Trump.

In an 18-page letter filed early on Monday in Manhattan federal court, lawyer Joe Tacopina accused Kaplan of being biased against Trump, including in the jury’s presence, during the civil proceedings that began last week.

Tacopina said the effect of Kaplan’s rulings

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Judge rejects bid to disqualify JPMorgan law firm in Epstein litigation

A federal judge on Thursday rejected an attempt to disqualify the law firm defending JPMorgan Chase & Co against a lawsuit by women who claimed they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein and that the bank aided in the late financier’s sex trafficking.

US District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said the firm WilmerHale did not have a conflict of interest because it once represented an antisex trafficking group that supported Courtney Wild, one of Epstein’s accusers.

Rakoff also found no proof Wild gave Wilmer Hale confidential information that was material to the JPMorgan case, and said the bank would suffer

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Building a house or renovating? We explain what Domestic Builders Insurance covers and how to protect yourself.

Domestic Building Insurance (DBI) What is it, when can I rely on it, how does it protect me as an owner and how do I know if my builder has obtained it?

Building a new home is an exciting time, but it can also be stressful with the many terms and documents being provided to you that you may not have come across before. One of the most important documents you should receive from your builder is an insurance certificate which confirms that the builder has obtained a current policy for Domestic Building Insurance (DBI), also previously

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