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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: April 24, 2012
We will receive Amazingly, there is no statute in Minnesota regulating receiverships. As of Aug. 1, there will be. MinnPost has the story of how a group of lawyers made that happen. One of the lawyers involved, Jim Baillie, said the new receiver law will make the process more transparent and easier to understand for [...]
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: April 20, 2012
NALP: Lower your expectations. A lot Above the Law reports that the news from the National Association of Law Placement is that we’ve probably hit the bottom in terms of associate hiring. But maybe not. And that’s the good news. Get those terrible numbers out sooner Perhaps in reaction to the aforementioned job crisis, the [...]
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BY: Patrick Thornton
POSTED: April 19, 2012
Supremes pass on marriage suit, case heads to Henn. County The case of three same-sex couples who sued claiming the Minnesota Defense of Marriage Act discriminates against them will not be heard by the Minnesota Supreme Court which means the case is likely headed back to Hennepin County District Court. The plaintiffs were married outside [...]
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: April 17, 2012
St. Paul resists congressional request for case documents Leading Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are pressuring St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman to say whether the Obama administration had a role in the city’s decision to withdraw a housing case scheduled to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court [...]
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: April 13, 2012
Is the Next Generation Energy Act constitutional? U.S. District Court Judge Susan Richard Nelson heard arguments Thursday in North Dakota’s lawsuit against Minnesota’s Next Generation Energy Act. The law stipulates utilities may not build new coal plants in Minnesota or import additional coal-generated electricity unless they offset the carbon emissions that contribute to global warming. [...]
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BY: Patrick Thornton
POSTED: April 12, 2012
Zimmerman charged, bond hearing today The Florida man accused of shooting and killing a teenager was formally charged with second degree murder after weeks of protests, speculation and attention to the case. George Zimmerman’s bond hearing is scheduled for later today. He turned himself into authorities yesterday and his attorney says he will plead not [...]
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: April 10, 2012
The crucial role of MJF students The Star Tribune reports about “a growing force of Minnesota law students who are wielding more influence in courtrooms as funding for legal aid services declines and economic forces reduce paid clerkships.” From 2000 to 2010, the number of students placed through the Minnesota Justice Foundation has grown from [...]
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BY: Patrick Thornton
POSTED: April 5, 2012
No new trial in Johnson & Johnson Levaquin verdict U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim denied a motion last week to wipe out Johnson & Johnson’s first trial victory in the ongoing litigation surrounding the antibiotic Levaquin. In June, a jury sided against the plaintiff Calvin Christensen. Christensen claimed he suffered an Achilles tendon rupture [...]
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: April 3, 2012
ICE picks up Minnesotans in nation-wide raid Fifty-six people in Minnesota were among the more than 3,000 arrested in raids across the country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Operation Cross Check, Minnesota Public Radio reports. Most who were arrested had criminal convictions but some had immigration violations. 9th Circuit again turns back affirmative [...]
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: March 30, 2012
Points to Merchant & Gould Seth Leventhal at Minnesota Litigator reports that Tony Zeuli and Scott Johnston of Merchant & Gould in Minneapolis represented SuperValu against a claim by Michael Jordan. SuperValu subsidiary Jewel Food Store created a graphic for Sports Illustrated about Jordan. In thanks, Jordan sued them. U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feinerman (N.D. Illinois), ruled [...]
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