St. Cloud State ordered to comply while appeal proceeds.
Read More »Stories of the year: Law firm changes marked 2019
The most significant legal story this year was the continued evolution in Minnesota’s law firms.
Read More »Client contests Briggs’ withdrawal
It looks like the Briggs-Taft merger is not quite a done deal as Briggs faces opposition from a client, FurnitureDealer.net.
Read More »Refusal to fill prescription leads to court battle
In what appears to be the first lawsuit of its kind in the state, Andrea Anderson of McGregor, Minnesota, has sued two pharmacies for sex discrimination.
Read More »Lobbyist law unconstitutional, circuit court says
Case is one of first impression in the country.
Read More »Medical assistance payment not a collateral source
The term “pursuant to” decided the outcome of a personal injury case at the Supreme Court and thus, in the words of the dissent, provided a windfall to the injured plaintiff.
Read More »Court heightens pleading standard in postconviction test-refusal appeals
The Supreme Court set out new strictures for postconviction petitions asserting the invalidity of a DWI test refusal conviction Oct. 2 in a unanimous opinion, Fagin v. Minnesota.
Read More »Court calls foul in coach suit
Justices: Defamation suit plaintiff not public figure or official
Read More »Court: Refusal to record same-sex weddings is protected
The plaintiffs seek injunctive relief preventing Minnesota from enforcing the Minnesota Human Rights Act against them.
Read More »Life estate isn’t medical assistance asset
Medical assistance long-term care is available to a benefits recipient, or “institutionalized spouse” where the recipient’s husband, or “community spouse” owns a life estate in that is not salable.
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