Minnesota Lawyer

The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld a 2015 law limiting State Auditor Rebecca Otto’s duties. Wednesday’s unanimous decision ends Otto’s years of challenges and mounting legal fees. A district court and the Minnesota Court of Appeals had previously ruled against ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced. The court’s 5-4 decision — in an unusual ...

A former Minnesota FBI counterterrorism agent who was caught in a Trump administration crackdown pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaking classified documents to a national media organization, saying he knew it was illegal but felt FBI investigations treated minority communities with ...

NEW YORK — In a striking shift from recent years, major legislation curtailing LGBT rights has been completely stymied in state capitols around the country this year amid anxiety by Republican leaders over igniting economic backlash if they are depicted ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sounded concerned Tuesday about doing away with a rule that has meant shoppers don’t always get charged sales tax when they hit “checkout” online. The justices were hearing arguments in a case that deals with ...

State Rep. Paul Thissen replaces Justice David Stras, a Republican judge who was confirmed to the federal bench earlier this year.

  A Richfield police officer who was fired after he failed to report that he shoved a Somali driver will not get his job back, after the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that an arbitrator’s decision to reinstate the ...

The story starts 22 years ago. That’s when a defamation suit was brought by the now-shuttered investment firm Stratton Oakmont against the operator of an online discussion board.

BOSTON — The Trump administration is illegally detaining and trying to deport immigrants pursuing lawful immigration status who are married to U.S. citizens, according to a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. The lawsuit, filed ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Times and other news media organizations sued over California’s new execution rules Wednesday, saying they would bar journalists from fully reporting on the lethal injection procedure. The lawsuit is the latest challenge as the ...