Minnesota Lawyer

The pharmaceutical industry’s trade group is suing in federal court to block implementation of Minnesota’s Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act.

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

Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea says the judiciary is strong, and calls on the bar to collaborate to get through tough times.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has overturned an Iraq War veteran’s drug conviction, ruling that a lower court erred when it allowed evidence obtained without reasonable suspicion to be used at trial.

Three Republican state senators are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct a “pattern-or-practice” probe into the Minneapolis Police Department.

An as-yet unnamed GOP-led Senate committee will probe the causes of the civil disorder that plagued the Twin Cities after George Floyd’s May 25 death.

Attorney General Keith Ellison has sued three oil industry titans, charging that they schemed to defraud and deceive Minnesotans by denying climate change.

A 43-year-old COVID-19 patient, who was incarcerated in Faribault, has died, the Department of Corrections announced Thursday.

One casualty of the failed 2020 special session is legislation that would have provided financial help to scorched neighborhoods damaged by the unrest following George Floyd’s death.

Lest anyone think the Legislature got nothing done during its ill-fated 2020 special session (Mach I), here is a list of 10 special session bills passed by both chambers and sent to the governor’s desk over those eight days.