Minnesota Lawyer

A Minnesota man who did not have a license to buy and sell firearms is accused of purchasing dozens of assault rifles at local stores and then illegally reselling them online at a profit, apparently to help pay for his mother’s mortgage and veterinary bills for a dog, according to court documents filed last week.

Legal news from the Midwest region.

An American Eagle pilot was charged last week with three gross misdemeanors after authorities said he failed a blood-alcohol test as he was preparing to fly a plane from Minneapolis to New York City in January.

Ten men have been indicted in federal court for allegedly poaching walleye and other protected fish from the Red Lake and Leech Lake reservations and selling them on the black market, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced last week.

Legal news from the Midwest region.

A central Minnesota businessman has gotten a temporary break from a new federal requirement to provide mandatory contraception coverage to his employees.

Lawyers for opponents of Minnesota’s wolf hunt argue the state didn’t adequately consider public concerns before the first managed hunt was established.

Legal news from the Midwest region.

Despite a decade of warnings that it was violating state and federal laws, the Minnesota Department of Human Services failed to properly check recipients enrolling in MinnesotaCare, a $526 million taxpayer-subsidized health insurance program, the legislative auditor said last month.

Attorney General Lori Swanson is examining a potential acquisition of Fairview Health Services by a South Dakota-based company, citing her concern that putting one of the state’s largest hospital systems in the hands of an outsider is not in the best interests of Minnesotans.