Minnesota Lawyer

Besides shuffling chairs to accommodate newly independent senators Tom Bakk and David Tomassoni, the upper chamber expanded by nine the number of committees and subcommittees it will assemble.

About two hours before the State Canvassing Board met Tuesday, a group of petitioners led by GOP congressional Tyler Kistner filed suit to block the board from certifying the 2020 election results.

On Nov. 3, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard the case of Oliver the Pooch. A month before that, on Oct. 1, the state Court of Appeals heard the case of Oliver the Kitty.

The unidentified 73-year-old was an inmate at the Oak Park Heights prison, according to the Department of Corrections.

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.

The Commission on Judicial Selection on Nov. 16 announced three vacancies on two courts.

A neurosurgeon who sued the Mayo Clinic and his former supervisor for job discrimination has been told by a second judge that he can’t change the story he told in a deposition.

Gov. Tim Walz said Monday that he plans to call a seventh special session in early December, this time to push a COVID-19 small-business relief package.

Aalok Sharma, a Minneapolis associate at the Stinson L.L.P. law firm, has been named chair of the American Bar Association’s Sports Division Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries.

Minnesota U.S. District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz has been named chair of the federal courts’ Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence.