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BY: Michelle Lore
POSTED: October 13, 2010
The down economy appears to be causing a rise in the use of prenuptial agreements by the betrothed. When the pies are smaller, half a pie is apparently no longer good enough. |
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: October 12, 2010
Mechanics liens, booming since the economy went sour, from unpaid contractors present all kinds of issues. Litigation over liens is “stretching the law into corners we don’t usually visit,” says Minenapolis attorney Gary Eidson. |
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BY: Patrick Thornton
POSTED: October 7, 2010
One local law student turned his love of the Dodgers into a 10,000-hit-a-day website on the owner’s divorce and “custody battle” for the team. Such fun sites can be a marketing home run for the legal professional who starts them. |
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BY: Mark Cohen
POSTED: October 6, 2010
At a time at which Minnesota is considering whether it should adopt a retention-election system for judges, Missouri, the state that originated the retention-election process for judicial seats, has revamped its system to provide for more transparency. |
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: September 27, 2010
Judge Aldrich after being watched by WATCH, agreed to a public reprimand. |
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: September 14, 2010
In a stunning reversal, the Court of Appeals found that due to an improper jury instruction on pre-emption, BNSF is entitled to a new trial on liability in a case involving four young adults killed at an Anoka railroad crossing, |
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: September 2, 2010
In a case with potentially major implications in allocating environmental costs in condemnation proceedings, the Minnesota Supreme Court overturns a jury verdict giving the owner of a contaminated site nothing for his land. |
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BY: Patrick Thornton
POSTED: August 23, 2010
Federal Rule of Evidence 502 provides a safe haven for attorneys who inadvertently turn over privileged documents. But not everyone knows it exists. |
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BY: Patrick Thornton
POSTED: August 18, 2010
With 24 attorneys with their name on the ballot for one seat on the Washington County bench, it’s crunch time for the candidates in the state’s most crowded judicial race. |
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BY: Michelle Lore
POSTED: August 17, 2010
UPDATE: The Minnesota Court of Appeals granted a young girl who was bitten by a black Lab puppy a new trial over an erroneous jury instruction on provocation. |
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