Legal roundtable

The Legal Roundtable on "St. Louis on the Air" will discuss two cases that went to trial last week with the ACLU of Missouri as plaintiff, as well as a host of other legal matters. That includes a Greene County, Missouri, woman who says she was fired for being ugly.

St. Louis on the Air's legal roundtable for October discussed lawmaker residency, whistleblower protections and a potential copyright violation by Mark and Patricia McCloskey. This month’s panel includes Nicole Gorovsky, David Roland and Bill Freivogel.

Emily Paul encouraged her boyfriend to kill his son. She's serving four months in prison but could serve 10 years if she violates probation. Her case raises interesting legal questions. She was miles away when it happened. Is pressuring someone to do something in a text message enough to net a long prison sentence? Our Legal Roundtable panelists discussed that case and others.

Six years after Michael Brown was killed by a Ferguson police officer, his death continues to generate debate. The St. Louis on the Air Legal Roundtable discussed St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell’s decision to reopen and then close the case, as well as the lawsuit filed by a grand juror seeking to expose what happened behind closed doors in the criminal probe into Brown’s death.

Our Legal Roundtable dives into the case against St. Louis attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who became a cause célèbre after brandishing guns at protesters marching past their Midwestern palazzo. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has charged them with unlawful use of weapon, a felony, even as Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is attempting to intervene in the case, seeking to have the charges dropped. Attorneys Dave Roland, Mark Smith and Nicole Gorovsky also discussed a controversy in St. Louis County. Attorneys for the county have accused of lawyer Jerome Dobson of "effectively extorting" St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, to the tune of $3.5 million.

Updated at 5 p.m. with comments from the McCloskeys’ attorneyHundreds of protesters marching Sunday evening through St. Louis’ Central West End…

Students from regional universities are suing to recoup tuition and fees after in-person classes and on-campus living were cut short by the coronavirus.…

The coronavirus pandemic has upended American life, and with that comes a host of legal questions — questions now being tackled by St. Louis-area lawyers…

How has the coronavirus upended the legal profession? What happens when your right to a speedy trial clashes with the government’s cancellation of jury…

On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Sarah Fenske convened this month’s Legal Roundtable panelists to take a closer look at local and regional issues…