Minnesota Lawyer

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin faces sentencing Friday in the death of George Floyd, with a judge weighing a prison term experts say could be as much as 30 years.

An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss.

A Supreme Court ruling that went against the NCAA could open the door to schools using unlimited benefits tied to education to recruit top athletes. Here's what to know.

The Minnesota Board of Public Defense on Tuesday agreed to pay a $300,000 settlement to former Chief Hennepin County Defender Mary Moriarty, less than a year after the board voted against renewing her contract after she clashed with the state’s top public defender.

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe challenging the operation of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

A Supreme Court scholar writes that the court's recent ruling favoring a Catholic adoption agency for refusing to work with same-sex couples will have broad ramifications for current government policies and future judicial rulings.

A health law professor who studies and writes about health reform takes a look at what comes next now that the newest challenge to the ACA has been laid to rest.

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a state law Friday that allowed for taking blood samples from suspected drunken drivers who are incapacitated, ruling that it is unconstitutional.

The suit filed in Cole County Circuit Court seeks an injunction to halt enforcement of the law and to overturn it on the grounds that it violates the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich said Monday the claims in the suit were speculative and it was premature for the court to conclude whether the actions of law enforcement officers were justified.