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Notable Verdicts: Organ transplants gone wrong, botched surgeries, bad priests
What were the notable verdicts of 2015? Minnesota Lawyer dug into its archives, called around, and came up with some of the big ones.
Enviros: Dump D.C. firm as outside PolyMet counsel
Terror suspect: ““We’re not gonna be in the program, bro” MPR checks in on what skeptical government prosecutors call “a unique and untested” pretrial release plan for three Minnesota terror suspects accused of plotting to join ISIS. “None of these proposals can sufficiently guarantee that the defendant will eschew this extremist ideology, remain law-abiding and ...
Night time not the right time for drug raid
A raid yielding $108,000 of cocaine violated a law restricting the execution of search warrants to the hours between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Minnesota Lawyer’s picks for 2015’s top 10 stories
You will likely disagree with our selections, perhaps even more so with our omissions. If you don’t have some objections, you’re probably not cut out for this racket.
Would ‘un-lawyers’ help close the justice gap — or just ignite a turf war?
The Minnesota State Bar Association is ruminating on the creation of a new class of lower-cost legal service providers
Judge’s Facebook ‘pimp’ post leads to reprimand, new trial
Since 2009, there have been 17 instances in which judges have received public or private reprimands for their social media activities.
Dayton on pace to appoint more than half the judges in the state
The demographic transformation of Minnesota’s judiciary during the Dayton administration is striking.
Hansmeier to fight disciplinary petition over porn copyright suits
One fed-up federal judge characterized Paul Hansmeier's serial porn settlements as a form of “legal extortion.”
Griffith: Drug reaction led to bad sexual conduct
“I believe this misconduct was serious and I am deeply ashamed of it,” Clark Griffith II said.
In inmate’s spit conviction, intent leads to reversal
It’s not whether you spit on someone that matters. It’s whom you meant to spit on.
Judge tosses out charges against ‘Mall of America 11’
Judge Peter Cahill let stand criminal trespass and obstruction charges against 17 remaining “participant defendants.”
Supreme Court mulls prospect of ‘real jailhouse lawyer’
Timothy Oliver was indicted on six felony counts of wire fraud. What to do about his still-valid law license?
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