Minnesota Lawyer

A federal judge on Monday approved a $3.4 billion settlement over mismanaged Indian royalties in a case that represents the largest class-action settlement ever approved against the U.S. government.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Michael Davis won’t dismiss the indictment against two Minnesota women accused of funneling money to the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, saying their alleged conduct is not protected under the First Amendment.

A member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe who was brutally beaten in 2006, dragged behind a car and left for dead in subzero weather after refusing to join the Vice Lords has been awarded more than $4.2 million in tribal court, his attorney announced Wednesday.

U.S. District Court Judge Ann Montgomery ruled that a Minnesota man incarcerated after a 2006 fatal crash involving a Toyota Camry who was later cleared can't collect damages from the automaker for the time he spent in prison.

A former FBI director hired by a businessman accused in a lawsuit that roiled Minnesota's 2008 U.S. Senate race says his client won't be charged.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from investment funds seeking repayment of their losses in a $3.7 billion Ponzi scheme operated by Minnesota businessman Thomas Petters.

Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, a Twin Cities area charter school, has filed a federal lawsuit over a state rule banning out-of-state sponsors.

NFL owners asked a federal court in Minnesota on June 6 to dismiss the players' antitrust lawsuit against the league.

An anti-war protester wounded by a police projectile during the 2008 Republican National Convention settled his excessive force lawsuit last week against the officer who fired the round and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The St. Louis County Attorney's office says a Duluth police officer was justified in shooting a group home resident who allegedly tried to take her partner's gun.