Minnesota Lawyer

Former Twin Cities attorney Aaron Biber has received an 18-year sentence for having sex with a 15-year-old boy.

Duluth lawyer Fred Friedman was reappointed earlier this month to Northeastern Minnesota's chief public defender for a seventh four-year term.

The Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards has formally accused Hennepin County District Court Judge Jack Nordby of misconduct for criticizing a volunteer a court-monitoring organization in his courtroom.

Medtronic has agreed to pay $268 million to settle U.S. lawsuits and claims related to its Sprint Fidelis family of defibrillation leads which it recalled three years ago.

A judge has rejected another attempt to suspend a Minnesota law requiring disclosure of corporate political spending.

An imprisoned Minnesota drug felon is accused of hiring a man to kill a county attorney, a judge and a witness who helped convict him.

A federal judge has doubled a patent infringement verdict against U.S. Bank from about $27 million to about $54 million.

The latest campaign finance reports show a trickle of money by groups giving to Minnesota's judicial candidates.

Supporters of GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer are appealing a court ruling that went against them in a case over a Minnesota law requiring disclosure of corporate political spending.

Minnesota has settled a lawsuit filed by the families of three developmentally-disabled adults who were improperly handcuffed at a state-run facility in Cambridge.