Minnesota Lawyer

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, along with 18 of his U.S. counterparts, has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to start treating employment non-compete contracts as illegal when applied to lower-wage workers.

The Minnesota Judicial Council is preparing for possible conflict with businesses over its tentative proposal to tighten up a law that requires employers to let workers serve on juries.

During their Minnesota visit, the Colorado lawyers have spoken at local town hall gatherings and met with sheriffs and county attorneys.

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

The ACLU thinks it can save Minnesota $411 million and reduce its prison population by almost 5,500 by 2025.

Nick Rekieta isn’t actually a party in the Texas legal drama that has been called the anime movie industry’s first #MeToo reckoning.

The Minnesota Judicial Branch has rolled out a new automated scheduling and management system for court interpreters.

An unelected board last week took a swift, publicly unannounced step toward instituting a five-year cap on most new felons’ probations.

Controversy surrounds the state Sentencing Guidelines Commission’s 6-5 vote to preliminarily approve a five-year cap on probation terms for many felons.

It appears lawmakers next year might take on facial recognition, a powerful digital technology that remains largely unregulated in Minnesota.