Minnesota Lawyer

Starting July 13, everyone entering a Minnesota courthouse—even judges and staff—must wear a face mask.

The Columbus statue was the lone topic of discussion by the joint Transportation/Public Safety oversight committee, which is probing Twin Cities rioting, looting and destruction between May 26 and June 10.

Though it threw out most of her claims as redundant, a Court of Appeals panel has ordered a trial judge to determine whether a Prince heir was civilly assaulted by an estate officer.

The ruling found a civilly committed sex offender failed to show evidence of harm.

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

The hearings brought into sharp relief the competing narratives likely to play out — again — during a second summertime special session, which is expected to start Monday.

James Wren’s trial was Hennepin County’s first jury trial to commence as part of a six-county criminal jury-trial pilot that was authorized by the Judicial Council in May.

The state Human Rights Department has settled a discrimination case involving a Black woman who claimed she was harassed, based on her race, while working as a personal care attendant in Sartell, Minnesota.

Jeanine Brand, an assistant county attorney in Cass County, has been named a judge for the 9th Judicial District.

A five-hour Senate oversight committee hearing Wednesday to examine Twin Cities rioting left Republicans and Democrats pretty much where they were when they started.