Thursday’s Judicial Council meeting will be the first to be webcast via a fully public livestream.
Read More »22 state AGs join Keith Ellison in opposing Barr memo
In a letter signed by 22 of his peers, Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison has asked U.S. Attorney General William Barr to rescind his memo authorizing U.S. attorneys to “pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities.”
Read More »Bar Buzz: Workers’ comp portal launched
The state Department of Labor and Industry this month unveiled a portal for filing and accessing workers’ compensation claims.
Read More »Prison medical releases unlikely
With more than 2,100 Minnesota prisoners having tested positive for COVID-19 since March, additional medical releases aren't likely, according to the Dept. of Corrections commissioner.
Read More »Bar Buzz: Re-Imagining Justice event to address Floyd fallout
Gov. Tim Walz will headline the list of speakers at next week’s Minnesota Justice Research Center’s Re-Imagining Justice conference.
Read More »GOP House fails to alter Walz emergency powers
The Minnesota Legislature’s one-day sixth special session was pretty much a show about nothing — at least in the sense that nothing got done. That is to say, almost nothing.
Read More »Lawyer gets 16 months for bilking auto insurers
An Edina attorney has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for conspiring with chiropractors and patient recruiters — or “runners” — to bilk auto insurers.
Read More »School-funding case remanded
A Minnesota Court of Appeals panel ruled a District Court was wrong to dismiss an Education Clause claim and reversed a judge's temporary-injunction denial, citing abuse of judicial discretion.
Read More »Capitol Retort: Trump quest; holding serve; surprise surmise
Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.
Read More »New lawyer-legislators headed to Capitol
Unless some of the tighter election tallies get reversed in the coming weeks, the Minnesota Legislature will have 21 lawyers in its ranks when the next session starts in January.
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