Minnesota Lawyer

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Infowars host Alex Jones, who was fighting a Connecticut court sanction in a defamation lawsuit brought by relatives of some of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

The case has to do with Google’s creation of the Android operating system now used on the vast majority of smartphones worldwide.

The court said there was nothing left to the case after Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter and ended his presidential term in January.

While Derek Chauvin ‘s attorney works alone, the prosecution is being handled by two assistant attorneys general and two outside lawyers. Ten more are working behind the scenes, many for free.

Prosecutors have already called supervisory officers to build the case that Chauvin improperly restrained Floyd.

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld federal regulators’ decision to ease ownership limits on local media, rejecting a claim that the change would hurt minority and female ownership.

Most of the action is in federal courts where former President Donald Trump was able to appoint conservative judges.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Facebook in a lawsuit over unwanted text notifications it sent, rejecting a claim that the messages violated the federal ban on robocalls.

Kneeling on the neck of someone who is handcuffed and in the prone position is “top-tier, deadly” force and should not be used, the head of the Minneapolis Police Department’s homicide division testified Friday at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.

The “spark of life” doctrine, which is rare outside Minnesota, is controversial among defense attorneys and could complicate the trial.