Minnesota Lawyer

Two tenured professors at William Mitchell College of Law are suing over potential layoffs connected to a planned merger with Hamline University School of Law.

Baldwin Supply Co. will pay $50,000 to settle a claim that it fired a man after he had a heart attack.

A St. Paul woman accused of drowning her 6-year-old daughter in the bathtub has been committed indefinitely to the Minnesota Security Hospital.

When she studied law, Connie Achterberg was one of only three women enrolled in her class at the University of Kansas School of Law; it was a time when most women became homemakers instead of professionals, and the law profession was primarily a boy’s club.

News stories from around the Midwest region.

Rick’s Cabaret in New York City has agreed to pay up to $15 million to settle claims that it failed to pay its dancers minimum wage because they received tips.

A judge has ruled that three people who claim they were sexually abused by priests can proceed with public nuisance claims against the Diocese of New Ulm in southern Minnesota.

Swanson says the companies offered magazine and newspaper subscription renewals to Minnesotans at inflated rates.

The plaintiffs have been seeking unspecified financial damages and medical monitoring for neurological disorders.

A House committee passed a bill that would allow agencies to keep the scan data for up to 30 days if a vehicle hasn’t been reported stolen or been linked to an investigation.