Join us for BAMSL's 9th Annual Judicial Retirement Dinner presented by BAMSL's Trial Section. The evening of Tuesday, March 5 will include a cocktail hour and dinner hosted by Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Hon. Mary Russell as we honor our retiring judges! We hope to see you there!

SUSTAINING MEMBERS ONLY! Join us for an exclusive reception with the Supreme Court of Missouri at our 9th Annual Judicial Retirement Dinner. 6:00 –7:00 p.m. Be sure to use the sustaining member registration!

by Hon. Susan Block

Currently, the Children’s Division is in a crisis state and does not possess the resources to manage these cases. Informing the Division that the family is handling concerning situations by entering programs to address the family’s needs goes a long way to their stepping back from removal of children and referrals to the court.

Read more in the January-February issue of the St. Louis Lawyer, out now!

On February 29, 2024, from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT we will discuss all of the trademark cases decided in the Supreme Court, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and District Courts in the 8th Circuit. New developments and application of existing jurisprudence will be discussed.

by Susan McCourt Baltz, BAMSL's Executive Director

BAMSL was incorporated on March 18, 1874, making 2024 our 150th Anniversary. Much time and planning is going into this sesquicentennial event, with videos of key players from those 150 years, a CLE series, and our Spirit of Justice Gala, which will be a black-tie event with music by Dirty Muggs. All of these events are planned to help celebrate our past 150 years. While we work to incorporate the celebration into everything we do for the year, it will also coincide with BAMSL Past President Bill Bay’s term as president of the ABA. He will only be the 8th St. Louisan to hold this prestigious position...

Read more in the January-February issue of the St. Louis Lawyer, out now!

The Missouri Bar began offering the Fee Dispute Resolution in 1995. It is a free, voluntary, and confidential program that may be initiated by the client. This program on February 2, 2024, from 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CT offers facilitation, mediation, and binding arbitration. In this session, the speaker will provide an overview of the FDR program, FDR Rule of the Committee’s jurisdiction parameters, volunteer options, comments from actual participants, and much more.

How you prepare for trial sets the groundwork for success in the courtroom. This seminar on April 25, 2024, from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT will walk you through the critical steps of trial preparation and provide guidance on how to get the most out of each step.

Few corporate compliance challenges have captured the US legal world’s attention quite like the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).  This new federal law has a number of implications for many small/midsized companies and the attorneys that assist them.   This one-hour CLE on January 24, from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM will examine a number of the key points of the CTA including beneficial ownership, corporate applicant, and substantial control.

In 1874, St. Louis was the nation’s fourth largest city, after New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Its 1870 census population was 351,189 (although that number has been questioned and a more reasonable estimate is 235,000). St. Louis was a major market for raw cotton which was most often shipped by railway. Known even then as the Gateway to the West, trains connected east and west through St Louis...

Read more in the January-February issue of the St. Louis Lawyer, out now!

In U.S. patent practice, it is not uncommon for applicants to pursue protection for their invention in a series of related continuing applications containing the same or similar disclosure. Often, an applicant secures protection for a more narrowly defined embodiment of the invention in a first application, and then seeks claims of a broader or slightly different scope in one or more later‑filed applications claiming priority to the earlier filed application. The claiming strategy employed in the later-filed applications is sometimes informed by the commercial activities of a competitor attempting to design around the claims issued in the earlier application. So long as the subject matter claimed in the later filed application(s) is adequately described and enabled by the original disclosure, a family of U.S. patents may ultimately be issued, each entitled to the priority of the earliest filed application. The Federal Circuit's recent decision in In re Cellect, LLC1 reminds unwary patent owners and their counsel of the risks in obtaining multiple related U.S. patents containing claims to similar inventions overlapping in scope.

Read more in the Winter 2024 issue of the St. Louis Bar Journal, out now!

Please join BAMSL on January 17 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM for this free member CLE! Lawyers often encounter complex mathematical problems that require an understanding of numerical concepts. This CLE course is designed to equip the lawyer with the essential mathematical skills and knowledge to navigate these challenges effectively.