Minnesota Lawyer

In a reversal of long-standing precedent, the state Supreme Court has ruled that a vicarious-liability claim against Allina Health System over the actions of two subcontracting ER doctors can proceed.

A national “vision paper” co-authored and signed by Ramsey County Attorney John Choi lays out a new model for the “modern prosecutor.”

A new rule has been adopted that reflects a statutory repeal, which handed authority over precedential Court of Appeals opinions back to the courts.

Two minimum security prisons — at Togo and Willow River — will close because of an anticipated $14 million shortfall in the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ current budget.

In this second of a two-part interview, retiring state Supreme Court Justice David Lillehaug tells Minnesota Lawyer about his time on the bench, his legacy and what he plans to do next.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has blocked a trial judge’s order that would’ve forced an alleged sex-assault victim to hand her cellphone over to the defendant’s forensics expert.

Classes at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law will be an online-only this fall, the school’s dean says.

Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office has settled four of five eviction actions filed since the governor declared a peacetime emergency on March 13.

The police reform bill passed during the July special session will not affect the state’s sentencing grid, Sentencing Guidelines Commission members were told on July 23.

Pete Orput has stepped down as the state prosecutors’ representative on the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, citing a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.