Minnesota Lawyer

A Minnesota Court of Appeals panel on April 11 upheld the conviction of a Fergus Falls man who did not persuade the judges that the state had failed to prove he had “unlawfully” set his house on fire.

A Minnesota-based initiative has shipped 115 law and human rights libraries to 24 African countries since 2008, and new initiatives seek to strengthen the collaborative enterprise involving law firms, government officials and a leading legal publisher.

In 1911, a strip of land in Itasca County was dedicated “to the public use forever.”

Minnesota has one of the broadest felony murder laws in the country, but it may become the next state to limit its application.

The mere fact that a juror is friends on social media with a homicide victim’s family members does not mean that a juror lied during voir dire.

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights has announced a settlement with the owner of an auto service company that it determined had violated the state’s Human Rights Act by retaliating against an employee and not meaningfully addressing workplace sexual and racial harassment.

The University of Minnesota Law School announced April 5 that it will offer another clinic beginning this fall — the Sports and NIL Clinic.

A biweekly roundup of topics of interest to Minnesota’s legal community.

Employees who accept voluntary separation packages, even during pandemics, are ineligible for unemployment benefits.

In a lawsuit, the organization alleges that MNSCU Board of Trustees has acted in retaliation against the organization’s past activities and seeks to silence student leaders.