Monthly Archives: January 2022

In an action against a public governmental body for penalties under the Sunshine Law, the elements include receipt of the request by the body’s custodian of records. For the prosecuting attorney’s office, statute provides that the prosecuting attorney or a … Continue reading →

For the ninth year in a row, attorney and owner Camron Hoorfar has been named as a Missouri and Kansas Rising Star by SuperLawyers. Camron Hoorfar is featured in the SuperLawyers magazine for Missouri and Kansas in the 2020 and 2021 … Continue reading →

A statute provides that medical records are discoverable by the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts in litigation before the Administrative Hearing Commission without regard to any privilege. That statute is within HIPAA, prevails over the physician’s duty … Continue reading →

Statutes bar benefits to claimant who quits work without good cause, which includes a medical condition, but only if related to work. Claimant ceased to return contacts from employer, though employer held claimant’s job for claimant, which constituted quitting. Claimant’s … Continue reading →

Missouri statutes and United States statutes allow an interlocutory appeal from circuit court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration. But no such order exists, because appellants sought none; appellants sought only an abeyance of circuit court action pending litigation … Continue reading →

A Canadian court ordered Cineworld Group PLC to pay 1.29 billion Canadian dollars, equivalent to about $1 billion, in damages for walking away from a merger agreement with Cineplex Inc. after the COVID-19 pandemic seriously impacted the movie theater industry … Continue reading →

USA Gymnastics, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and their insurers have agreed to fund a $380 million settlement with victims of longtime national team physician Larry Nassar, drawing to a close a five-year legal battle that has upended American Olympic … Continue reading →

Paul Ricky Mata, a former financial advisor, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for a real estate investment con that caused his clients to lose more than $12 million. Mata pleaded guilty to 17 felonies: 11 counts of … Continue reading →

Warden directed subordinates “to figure out how to stop employees from using Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave.” Plaintiff was concerned that the directive constituted unlawful disability discrimination, reported the directive to her superiors, and received discipline. Whether that … Continue reading →