Legal roundtable

Clayton lawyer Eugene Fahrenkrog Jr. was ordered to spend seven days in jail for cursing at a judge — but the punishment didn't stick. Attorneys Jennifer Joyce, Nicole Gorovsky and Connie McFarland-Butler discuss that, and more, on St. Louis on the Air's Legal Roundtable.

A new Missouri law designed to limit local governments in restricting businesses during a pandemic likely won't stop new mask mandates in St. Louis, said the attorneys on the Legal Roundtable on "St. Louis on the Air."

A restaurant server's incendiary post about her former employer, Steak 'n Shake, resulted in an $80,000 jury verdict against her.

U.S. District Court Judge E. Richard Webber said incendiary text messages between former St. Louis police officers may be used as evidence in the case against them. Legal Roundtable analyzed that case and more on "St. Louis on the Air."

Legal Roundtable on "St. Louis on the Air" digs into the last month of litigation and criminal cases, including lawsuits over St. Louis' earning tax, a potential legal battle over Medicaid expansion and a recent 8th District ruling on a class-action lawsuit over actions of the St. Louis police.

Attorneys Bill Freivogel, Eric Banks and Nicole Gorovsky discuss the ongoing federal trial of three St. Louis police officers charged with beating colleague Luther Hall while he was working undercover. They explain how the officers' fate was nearly decided by an all-white jury.

On "St. Louis on the Air," the Legal Roundtable discussed the most important developments in the past month involving the area's judicial system, including two 8th Circuit rulings on qualified immunity and lawsuits over Missouri's Sunshine Law.

Attorneys Eric Banks, William Freivogel and Sarah Swatosh discussed matters involving St. Louis' judicial system on St. Louis on the Air's Legal Roundtable. They included a lawsuit against Villa Duchesne, an age discrimination suit filed by a former KMOV meteorologist and a quo warranto action by the St. Louis County counselor's office related to leadership of the St. Louis County Council.

On the legal roundtable on "St. Louis on the Air," attorneys Mark Smith, Susan McGraugh and Nicole Gorovsky discussed a judge's removal of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from the prosecution of attorney Mark McCloskey, lawsuits against Missouri's medical marijuana regulations and more.

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.