Minnesota Lawyer

U.S. District Court Judge David Doty in Minneapolis has sided with the NFL players' union in a dispute with the league over television revenue.

Dakota County has agreed to pay a woman $315,000 to settle her lawsuit claiming excessive force was used by a sheriff's deputy.

Six flight attendants for Delta Air Lines Inc. are suing the airline because their profit-sharing checks were smaller because of a union dispute.

Minnesota Public Radio is taking cable giant Comcast to court over a contract signed 28 years ago, when cable first came to St. Paul.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled last week that it won't permanently block the NFL from suspending Vikings defensive tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy.

U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank ruled last week that the Minnesota State Patrol's truck driver fatigue test is unconstitutional.

Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed a lawyer from the Ramsey County Attorney's office to serve as state commissioner of human rights.

Federal regulators say a Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to bilking investors in a commodities Ponzi scheme has to pay $84.7 million in civil fines and restitution to customers under a court order.

Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. asked a federal judge last week to dismiss most of the claims filed by a Minnesota man who was incarcerated after a fatal crash involving a 1996 Camry, saying the automaker had no direct connection to events that put Koua Fong Lee in prison.

The number of people filing for bankruptcy increased in Minnesota in 2010 for the fourth consecutive year.