Minnesota Lawyer

Over the course of litigation, trial judges make dozens of rulings that affect a client’s case.

What if we told you that there is a new parenthetical used in legal citations that is taking the appellate world by storm? Yes, it’s hard to believe that appellate lawyers are so easily impressed but some of us just are.

There is research to support that gut feeling that the human mind and the human eye react differently to things on the screen and things on paper.

I thought I would take a little detour this month and talk about something that, while related to appeals, comes at things from a slightly ...

I do a lot of moot courts. I do them in cases I am arguing, and I do them in cases that other lawyers are ...

There is no fixed measuring stick with “good” typography on one end and “bad” typography on the other end

A recent Minnesota Supreme Court decision demonstrates one of those times when judges feel so strongly about things that they want to tell the world why they did what they did.

What if the other side wants to enforce the judgment while you’re getting ready to appeal?

When it comes to attorneys' fees, the American Rule, like most rules, is riddled with exceptions.

There is a deeper and more fundamental reason behind the changes.