Minnesota Lawyer

A virtual event March 4 will feature 25 female luminaries of Minnesota’s bench and bar.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency wasn't obliged under federal law to investigate whether PolyMet Mining planned to operate its NorthMet mine under a “sham permit,” the state Supreme Court has ruled.

U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald is stepping down at the end of this month. She will be replaced on an interim basis by First Assistant Anders Folk, who becomes acting U.S. Attorney.

This time out, we’re covering bills dealing with marijuana, a minimum penalty for first-degree murder of an unborn child and the Senate version of a bill we covered last week, which aims to make sure parents are represented by lawyers in child-protection cases.

In a unanimous ruling that fleshes out the logic behind its Dec. 1 order, the state Court of Appeals has reversed an unemployment law judge’s holding that Minnesota high schoolers can’t apply for federal pandemic unemployment benefits.

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

After an embarrassing Feb. 18 House floor debacle in which the $35 million SAFE Act bill went down in flames, legislative leaders spent the following days pointing fingers.

A federal judge for the District of Columbia was unimpressed with attorney Erick Kaardal’s explanations as to why his federal lawsuit, which sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was not filed in bad faith.

The search is on for candidates to fill two judgeships opening up in Hennepin and Chisago counties.

Gov. Tim Walz has signed a bill that waives statutory deadlines on court proceedings by two months.