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Skjold/Foley merger benefits both sides (access required)

BY: Patrick Thornton
POSTED: May 18, 2012

Ben Skjold (left) and Kyle Mansfield joined forces as most of the Skjold Parrington firm was absorbed into Foley & Mansfield in an acquisition that became effective May 1. (Staff photo: Bill Klotz)

Skjold Parrington had offices in Minneapolis and Chicago and did transactional and commercial litigation work representing small banks and financial institutions. But the firm wanted to grow into places like Florida and California, and its size was becoming a problem competing with law firms in their own backyards.

Expanded take on hostile work claim (access required)

BY: Jay Donald Jerde
POSTED: May 18, 2012

Sexual harassment is not required for a hostile work environment claim based on sex, the Minnesota Supreme Court decided on May 16 in LaMont v. Independent School District 728.

Denial of leave passes muster (access required)

BY: Jane F. Pribek
POSTED: May 18, 2012

Margaret Skelton

When a public school teacher sought a leave of absence to work as a field representative for the state’s teachers union, the school district’s denial of that request was appropriate because under the Public Employment Labor Relations Act, the employer is only obligated to grant leave for an employee elected or appointed to serve in an employee organization that’s the exclusive representative for employees.

Minnesota whistle-blowers to share in $84 million in fees (access required)

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: May 18, 2012

Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories Inc. trained a specialized sales force to market the off-label use of the drug Depakote for dementia and schizophrenia. That was one of the admissions the company made in settling a civil and criminal case against it for $1.5 billion on May 7.

Lawyers await ‘Padilla’ retroactivity ruling (access required)

BY: Kimberly Atkins
POSTED: May 18, 2012

Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that the Sixth Amendment requires criminal defense attorneys to warn non-citizen clients if a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation, the justices are poised to decide just how far back that constitutional protection extends.

Recapping 2012 session’s impact on legal system

BY: Patrick Thornton
POSTED: May 18, 2012

MNs state capitol clip

Lobbyists who work on behalf of attorneys and legal groups say the successes of the recently completed legislative session are there. You just have to look a little harder to find them.

Across the Region – May 21 (access required)

BY: The Associated Press
POSTED: May 18, 2012

Legal news from the Midwest.

OLPR files petition against Brainerd lawyer (access required)

BY: Minnesota Lawyer Staff
POSTED: May 18, 2012

The Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility filed a petition for disciplinary action with the Minnesota Supreme Court last week against Brainerd attorney Lawrence Walter Ulanowski.

Nichols Kaster opposes marriage amendment (access required)

BY: Minnesota Lawyer Staff
POSTED: May 18, 2012

The Minneapolis law firm Nichols Kaster is the most recent to publicly oppose the constitutional amendment that will be put to voters this fall to define marriage in the state between one man and one woman.

Interior Dept. nullifies Duluth’s casino contract (access required)

BY: The Associated Press
POSTED: May 18, 2012

The city of Duluth has lost another round in its fight to take a cut of the revenue from a downtown tribal casino.

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