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Bloomington charter amendment will go forward
Members of a Bloomington group known as “Hands Off Our Cans” have succeeded in their lengthy quest to ask voters to reform the city’s charter to change its method of trash collection.
Sentence based on victim’s vulnerability overturned
The unfortunate part of the case is its precedential value, said St. Louis County Attorney Mark Rubin.
Nobles County ordered to stop illegal detention for ICE
Fifth Judicial District Judge Gregory Anderson has ordered Nobles County to stop detaining immigrants in jail after their cases have ended or they were eligible for release on bail.
FurnitureDealer loses challenge
Over its objections, FurnitureDealer.net Inc., a Burnsville company suing Amazon.com, will have to find another lawyer now that Briggs and Morgan has joined Taft.
$1.1 million awarded in Title IX attorney’s fees
College facing contempt hearing.
Court upholds minimum wage ordinance in Minneapolis
Minimum-wage workers in Minneapolis no doubt welcomed the Minnesota Supreme Court’s opinion last week in Graco Inc. v. City of Minneapolis.
Court upholds tribal authority to restrain, remove driver
A non-Indian on the Red Lake Reservation could be detained by a Red Lake Band police officer and expelled from the reservation upon cause to believe that the man was driving while impaired.
Bennett and Robins join forces
There is a well-defined intersection between Section 1983 litigation over state deprivation of a plaintiff’s civil rights and medical malpractice claims, lawyers say.
Case questions DNR stewardship of water
The state of Minnesota established guard rails to regulate pumping water from White Bear Lake, but the Department of Natural Resources flew right by them.
Check rules and check your calendar
Timing is everything, in life and in law, and if you don’t believe that, take a look at the new Rules of Civil Procedure and the General Rules of Practice which took effect Jan. 1, 2020.
Hennepin child-welfare settlement calls for oversight
Three children are among 14 who are named plaintiffs in a recently settled class action against Hennepin County and the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
Settlement unenforceable when damages not allocated
The state of Minnesota established guard rails to regulate pumping water from White Bear Lake, but the Department of Natural Resources flew right by them. That’s what Katie Crosby Lehmann, representing White Bear Lake Restoration Association, ...
Legal Tech
- How ransomware tactics against law firms are changing
- How large language models are leveling the personal injury playing field
- Attorney Share, Lawmatics integrate to automate law firm referrals
Top News
- Prosecutors struggle to turn voter fraud claims into charges
- Best At Work Insights: We tore out the workforce backup generator
- Citing jury instruction, justices order new sex-abuse trial
- Judicial Branch announces $4 million in courthouse security grants
- 8th Circuit upholds school district in student suicide suit
Expert Testimony
- Best At Work Insights: We tore out the workforce backup generator
- Legally Speaking: How communication failures turn disputes into lawsuits
- Perspectives: Umpire’s death recalls case law in Minnesota
- Perspectives: It’s not ‘football’ here, but soccer cases abound
