Legal roundtable

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.

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.