Minnesota Lawyer

A New Brighton man is charged with a felony for allegedly leading the effort to tear down a bronze Christopher Columbus statue on the Capitol grounds.

Judiciary Chair Lesch was among those unseated in the Aug. 11 primaries.

Nine DFL lawyers vying for legislative seats won primaries on Aug. 11, as did three Republicans.

It passed the Senate unanimously during the third special session on Aug. 12. Nonetheless, the Veterans Restorative Justice Act is on hold again.

Among the laws that went into effect on Aug. 1: changes that affect child brides, police, and the Court of Appeals.

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

But 8th Circuit’s Judge Jane Kelly dissents in Burnsville use-of-force case.

You can’t be charged with falsely endorsing a check unless you sign it on the back, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled.

Elizer Darris, an ACLU of Minnesota organizer and a former prison inmate, has been appointed to the state Board of Public Defense.

The House Judiciary committee heard presentations on four justice reform ideas, all of which had been previous House bills.