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The Minnesota Lawyer blog wishes all of its readers a very happy and safe holiday weekend. Unlike our friend here, we plan to be back bright-eyed and bushy tailed next week!

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Monday’s Minnesota Lawyer will contain an article about some of the lawyers behind the Franken-Coleman recount. For some background on recounts, we talked to Minneapolis attorney Brian Rice, whose father, former state legislator Jim Rice, represented DFL gubernatorial candidate Karl Rolvaag during the recount that followed the 1962 election. Rice also has been involved in [...]

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As we enter the holiday season, we undoubtedly are about to start seeing various lists of things for which we should be thankful. At the top of everybody’s list ought to be the fact that they are not a turkey. While one is traditionally pardoned by the president at Thanksgiving time, thousands of others find [...]

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Welcome to the new Minnesota Lawyer blog! We’ve got a new address, www.MinnLawyerBlog.com, a new look and lots of interesting new things to say. We hope you like our new format, and look forward to continuing to serve you in our new location!

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Minnesota Lawyer is currently soliciting nominations for its annual “Attorneys of the Year” award. If you know of someone who had a really good year (or did a lot of good this year, for that matter), let us know about it. Click here for more information about the award and to submit a nomination online. [...]

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I attended a CLE yesterday where a Hennepin County judicial law clerk discussed the fact that more and more parties are choosing to represent themselves in court proceedings. I’m sure that at least part of the reason for the increasing numbers of pro se litigants is the economy. Many people simply can’t afford to hire [...]

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Here’s an interesting piece of news we received in a press release from the Hennepin County District Court today: Judge Marilyn Kaman, Hennepin County District Court, is one of 15 finalists for the 7-member United Nations Appeals Tribunal (UNAT), part of a new system for the administration of internal justice at the United Nations. The [...]

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The historic recount in the U.S. Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman is under way in St. Paul, and officials at the 100 recount sites are taking the process seriously: In Stearns County, the opening of a sealed box of ballots was shown live on the St. Cloud Times’ web site. Meanwhile at [...]

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