Minnesota Lawyer

Mandatory arbitration agreements containing waivers of various statutory rights are being used with increasing frequency.

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.

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.

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.

Seeking asylum here, illegal immigrants often raise claims that deporting them to their homelands would subject them to unfair persecution. These claims are easy to assert but hard to substantiate.

Businesses in Minnesota and elsewhere are seemingly using more independent contractors these days.

Canines play an important role in the law enforcement process, particularly in dealing with drug-related offenses.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently passed upon a pair of concurrent cases involving claims for attorney fee sanctions.

A dozen decisions grace this unofficial list of the top cases of 2012.

A recent ruling of the Minnesota Court of Appeals involving a quitting employee is notable for several unusual features. It held that an employee who resigned was eligible for benefits despite not attempting to mitigate the problem that caused her to quit.