Minnesota Lawyer

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a discrimination settlement with Stan Koch and Sons Trucking, a package and freight delivery company in Minneapolis.

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

A Grand Rapids attorney has been charged with criminal sexual assault after allegedly sexually assaulting clients.

Eyes from across the globe are on Minnesota as ongoing litigation, now in the 8th Circuit, could result in granting legal rights to wild rice.

On Dec. 17, 2021, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights announced a settlement with the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. The settlement stems from a 2018 investigation into Humphrey School of Public Affairs professor James Ron.

A Minnesota man has submitted a charge against Brookdale Senior Living Center in North Oaks to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Daniel Reinke, sales and marketing manager for Brookdale, was informed that the company (based in Brentwood, Tennessee) had implemented a Mandatory Associate Vaccination Policy for the COVID-19 vaccine. Reinke sought a religious exemption, which was denied.

It is becoming commonplace in American society for someone to get in trouble at work for what they have written on social media. Tara McNeally is one such person.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has heard a case questioning the constitutionality of a Minnesota Law known as Alec’s Law, under which qualified insulin users can get a 30-day supply of insulin for $35 or less.

The Minnesota Supreme Court held that individuals who offer to sell a certain amount of a controlled substance sell that amount, even if a lesser amount is delivered.

A former middle school principal from the Marshall Public School District, Mary Kay Thomas, alleges that she was fired in part for her defense of LGBTQ students.