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BY: Patrick Thornton
POSTED: February 10, 2012
The city of St. Paul has put the brakes on a showdown over housing code enforcement that was headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, essentially deciding that winning might be worse than losing.
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BY: Patrick Thornton
POSTED: February 10, 2012
Winthrop & Weinstine’s high-profile acquisition of six intellectual property attorneys from a rival firm earlier this month is proof that IP work continues to be a profitable and competitive practice area for law firms in Minnesota.
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: February 10, 2012
The Minnesota Supreme Court last week declined an invitation to rule on Frye-Mack requirements in a DUI case involving first-void urine testing.
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: February 10, 2012
Patently frivolous claims that were pleaded three times are the basis for an order to show cause issued Jan. 13 by U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz in a case involving the alleged denial of Section 8 housing benefits.
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BY: Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: February 10, 2012
Awards for physical injuries are no longer required to be derived from a vindication of “tort” rights in order to qualify for exclusion from a taxpayer’s gross income, according to a recent rule amendment issued by the Internal Revenue Service.
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BY: Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: February 10, 2012
As the number of undocumented workers rises, personal injury attorneys are increasingly struggling with how to handle illegal immigrants as clients.
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BY: Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: February 10, 2012
With more attention being given to corporate rule-breaking and stronger laws supporting those who report it, employment lawyers are seeing more workers claiming that they lost their jobs because they complained about wrongdoing in the workplace.
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BY: Nancy Crotti
POSTED: February 10, 2012
David Gross, a trial lawyer and partner at Faegre Baker Daniels, has some pointers for would-be CLE presenters
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BY: Jay Donald Jerde
POSTED: February 10, 2012
The trial court used the standard jury instructions for felony violation of a harassment restraining order, but the jury instructions were wrong.
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BY: Minnesota Lawyer Staff
POSTED: February 10, 2012
Target attorney and lobbyist Melisa Franzen plans to take on former Senate Deputy Majority Leader Geoff Michel in his Edina Senate district this fall.
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