#MoBarNews December 2025 recap
Don’t miss these top stories from December!
Management matters: Enhance your solo or small firm’s cyber security in 2026
“Smaller firms may have fewer weak spots to protect, but they need to know those weak spots and implement security to guard them,” said Jefferey S. Krause, senior consultant at Affinity Consulting Group LLC.
In this article, Krause discusses how solo and small firms can enhance their cyber security in 2026. Topics include duty, security weak spots, Microsoft 365, passwords and multi-factor authentication, and device encryption.
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Taxes in your practice: Year-end tax planning for 2025
“All taxpayers will need to consider key 2025 legislative developments, including the recent One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” said Scott E. Vincent, founding member of Vincent Law, LLC.
This article in the latest issue of the Journal of The Missouri Bar discusses what lawyers need to know about year-end tax planning for 2025. It outlines several individual and business planning issues to consider before year-end. The items noted will not apply in every situation and are not a comprehensive list — taxpayers should adjust planning for their circumstances.
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Meet your new Board of Governors and YLS Council representatives
Click the links below to learn about the newest members of The Missouri Board of Governors and Young Lawyers’ Section Council.
Board of Governors District 1: Lauren Horsman
Board of Governors District 4: Jeremiah J. Morgan
Board of Governors District 5: Keegan Tinney
Board of Governors District 11: Bharat Varadachari
Closing statements: What does the rule of law mean to you?
In the latest issue of the Journal, lawyers and judges gave their perspective on what the rule of law means to them. Read what your fellow legal professionals had to say in this article.
Most popular stories
This month, the bar’s most popular articles continued to be The Missouri Bar’s weekly case summaries, and the November-December “In memoriam.”
View the Supreme Court of Missouri and Missouri Court of Appeals hand downs each week online, with headings and summaries for each case. These summaries are not part of the opinions of the court and should not be quoted or cited.
Those wanting to pay tribute to a Missouri lawyer can submit an obituary here.
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