The Minnesota Supreme Court’s recent ruling in an important defamation case of first impression — Moreno v. Crookston Times Printing Co., 2000 WL (Minn. May ...
Read More »Some age-old issues permeate ADEA cases
As members of the baby boomer generation approach the homestretch in their work careers, age-related discrimination cases are occurring with increasing frequency. Whether brought under ...
Read More »‘Not nice’ people and the First Amendment
“[T]he safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.” — United States v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56, 66 (1950) ...
Read More »Courts wed to different marriage doctrines
“Marriage is one long conversation checkered by disputes.” — Robert Louis Stevenson, “Talk and Talkers” (1882) The institution of marriage is often at the core ...
Read More »8th Circuit not a ‘friend’ to environmentalists
The past few years have been difficult for environmentalist litigants, especially in the federal court system. They often have had to struggle to be heard, ...
Read More »‘Early warning’ doctrine nets little for claimants
Precautions given by governmental authorities to citizens are often named after real live people. The well-known warnings that law enforcement personnel are required to furnish ...
Read More »Judgment day: exploring the vagaries of vacating
Shout hallelujah, come on, get happy. Get ready for the judgment day. —From “Get Happy,” sung by Judy Garland in “Summer Stock” (1950). (See G. ...
Read More »Universities’ springtime “rites” and “rights”
As college and university students throughout Minnesota and much of the rest of the country were recently in the midst of their annual spring break ...
Read More »Recent cases show ignorance really is no defense
“It occurs to me that at this point … the central question is simply put: What did the president know and when did he know ...
Read More »Times are ‘fat,’ but liens are prevalent in the law
These certainly are not lean times for the practice of law or most other professions, which are experiencing near record low unemployment in Minnesota and ...
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