This is a year of anniversaries of major legal doctrines creating new rights for individuals, particularly here in Minnesota.
Read More »Perspectives: Equal Rights Amendment revived here after 5 decades
The amendment is in limbo nationally, but that doesn't impede its progression toward potential state-level adoption as an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.
Read More »Perspectives: Irish have their day — and litigation here, too
As those of Irish descent and many others celebrate St. Patrick's Day, here’s a look at some of the cases affecting the Irish and their heritage here.
Read More »Perspectives: Noncompetes, NDAs, nostrums, and nonsense
The Biden administration's probable ban on noncompete agreements in workplaces will precede inevitable litigation, which may well last for years with an outcome that will have substantial impact here in Minnesota.
Read More »Perspectives: Redistricting calmer here 30 years after ruling
The practice of gerrymandering is not unknown in Minnesota, but the past election cycle went smoothly and, for the first time in years, without a challenge through the judicial system, which had been prevalent for the past century.
Read More »Perspectives: Few lawyers become president, governor lately
The relative paucity of attorneys in the White House and practically none in the governor’s mansion in St. Paul does not mean that lawyers have not tried to reach those abodes.
Read More »Perspectives: Intentional infliction ruling marks 40 years here
The anniversary provides an occasion to review the rise, evolution, devolution, and descent of intentional infliction of emotional distress in this state.
Read More »Perspectives: President in prison? Debs tried it in 1920
The unfolding legal developments zeroing in in the 45th president lead to questions about his current third run for the White House and whether he could become president again.
Read More »Perspectives: Groundhog Day recalls repeat rulings
Federal and state appellate courts in Minnesota occasionally find themselves in a predicament similar to Bill Murray's character in "Groundhog Day," reviewing the same case on multiple occasions.
Read More »Perspectives: Miranda still matters much in Minnesota
It barely took three months following the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court last summer diluting the Miranda doctrine for the Minnesota appellate courts to weigh in with a couple of rulings last fall involving custodial warnings for criminal suspects.
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