House approves incentives to attract rural attorneys
The Kansas House has approved incentives to encourage law students to practice in rural Kansas in response to a shortage of attorneys in the...
BREAKING: Trump nominates three to federal bench in Kansas
(Developing: Will be updated)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday night nominated three lawyers to the federal bench in Kansas, including Kansas Bureau of Investigation Director...
Senate approves bill banning lawyers from floating damage awards to juries
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday passed a bill banning lawyers from suggesting amounts for noneconomic damages to juries, a technique that the business community...
National effort to ban NDAs in child sex-abuse cases comes to Kansas
It's one thing when lawyers use nondisclosure agreements in lawsuits over slips and falls, car wrecks or workplace injuries.
It's become entirely something else when...
Power of suggestion in Kansas courtrooms: Should lawyers float damage amounts?
The power of suggestion in a Kansas courtroom.
Can it lead it to runaway jury verdicts?
Or does it lead to better informed juries?
The Kansas Legislature...
Kobach backs bill forcing governor to turn over food-assistance data
Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach on Tuesday urged Kansas lawmakers to pass a law that would force Gov. Laura Kelly's administration to supply food-assistance...
Appeals court says injunction against KHP went too far in ‘two-step’ case
A federal appeals court on Thursday found that a federal judge was out of bounds when she handed down a wide-ranging injunction against the...
Bill banning DL gender marker changes expanded to government bathrooms
A House committee late Monday afternoon approved an expanded bill that would bar transgender people from using government restrooms and locker rooms that don't...
UPDATED: Judge sanctions Kobach, solicitor general in driver’s license case
(Updated to include comments from attorney general)
A Shawnee County judge has sanctioned Attorney General Kris Kobach and his top appellate attorney for trying to...
Court wrestles over whether governor, attorney general have ‘live’ dispute
Attorney General Kris Kobach on Friday left open the possibility that he might not try to stop Gov. Laura Kelly from suing the federal...
