The Federal Medical & Family Leave Act, which covers about 25 percent of the workforce, allows permanent employees with companies of 50 or more employees to take time off for medical-related reasons.
Read More »Courts consider five contract cases
A quintet of recent contract cases reflects the rich diversity the courts face in adjudicating contract disputes.
Read More »School’s out: wins and losses in class
As the 2012-13 school year draws to a close, pupils and educators are sorting out the results of six recent rulings of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and its federal counterpart.
Read More »Rare reversals: Overturning unemployment rulings
In rare instances, the appellate tribunal reverses the ULJ decisions against an employee, as occurred recently in four cases.
Read More »Multiple plea withdrawals nixed
Withdrawing a plea is about as hard as putting the proverbial camel through the eye of a needle, as reflected in a trio of recent cases.
Read More »Guthrie at 50, the drama of litigation
The gala opening of the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis on May 7, 1963, helped the Twin Cities establish its position as one of the most highly regarded and respected communities for the arts, especially for its size, in the country and the world.
Read More »Appellate attracts arbitration actions
Mandatory arbitration agreements containing waivers of various statutory rights are being used with increasing frequency.
Read More »Two key workplace cases pending
While ordinarily devoted to reviewing recent rulings of the Federal and state courts in Minnesota affecting practice of law in this state, this column on occasion, however, strays to look at other matters of interest to the bench and bar.
Read More »Court addresses three stalking cases
The Minnesota anti-stalking law is being invoked with increasing frequency by criminal law authroities. The rise in stalking prosecution seems attributable to several factors.
Read More »Cases consider court choice clauses
The federal trial courts in the district of Minnesota recently addressed a pair of concurrent forum selection cases. Both cases dealt with clauses choosing the court where claims were to be contested.
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