Minnesota Lawyer

The Minnesota Supreme Court disbarred Ignatius Chukwuemeka Udeani on Jan. 25 for multiple instances of misconduct over nine years and against multiple clients.

While Justice Paul Thissen concurred in the ruling to disbar Ignatius Chukwuemeka Udeani, he wrote separately to express his continued concern about treating noncooperation with disciplinary proceedings as an aggravating factor.

A Minnesota McDonald’s franchisee has agreed to make sweeping changes to its policies and organization regarding sexual harassment.

The Minnesota Justice Research Center says it will use a recently awarded grant to bolster efforts to make community supervision of offenders less punitive and more supportive.

Salmonella is on the menu again at a Minnesota restaurant that has had numerous health code violations, according to a lawsuit filed in Dakota County.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Jan. 13 to hear the case of 93-year-old Geraldine Tyler, whose condo was seized by Hennepin County in 2015 for failure to pay her taxes.

The Minnesota House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee heard testimony Jan. 10 from the Board of Public Defense, which hopes the full House of Representatives will pass HF 90 to fully fund public defenders.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the removal of Brian Lipschultz as a trustee of the Otto Bremer Trust.

Citing a significant backlog of cases since the pandemic-related eviction moratorium was lifted, Hennepin County District Court has resumed in-person hearings for many cases instead of handling them remotely.

A Minnesota lawyer who has already been suspended twice and admonished three times since being admitted to practice law in 1990 has been suspended again.