Minnesota Lawyer

Reversals by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals of trial court judge rulings are hardly unexpected, but they do constitute rarities. During 2003, the ...

Unemployment compensation cases are usually rather desultory proceedings. Most cases revolve around minute fact disputes devoid of significant legal issues. But the Minnesota Court of ...

“Public opinion is stronger than the legislature and nearly as strong as the Ten Commandments.” —19th Century Author Charles D. Warner, “My Summer in a ...

“[T]he most universal quality is diversity.” ~French philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1588) Federal court jurisdiction based upon diversity of citizenship is a venerable doctrine that ...

One of the most common kinds of unemployment compensation cases decided by the Minnesota Court of Appeals concerns employees who fail to show up for ...

If this painfully frigid winter seems particularly long, the disturbing duration may not be due solely to the woeful weather. It may be because this ...

“[A] legal duty so called is nothing but a prediction that if a man does or omits certain things he will be made to suffer ...

“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving.” ~William Shakespeare, “Othello” Overcoming privilege defenses is one of ...

“No matter whether th’ constitution follows th’ flag or not, th’ Supreme Court follows the iliction returns.” ~Humorist Peter Finley Dunne (1901) The next election ...

Disability discrimination is a concept that is usually associated with the workplace rather than residential settings. Issues of disability discrimination are often raised in employee-employer ...