Minnesota Lawyer

When the high court announced a decision on a landmark civil rights law, a glitch on the court’s website meant many people trying to see the decision initially saw only a single page.

The U.S. Treasury Department must release $679 million in coronavirus relief funding for tribes that it intended to withhold while a court challenge over the agency’s initial round of payments to tribal governments played out in court, a federal judge ruled.

The court decided by a 6-3 vote that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as Title VII that bars job discrimination because of sex, among other reasons, encompasses bias against LGBT workers.

In other action the court: Rejects Trump bid to void California sanctuary law. Rejects several gun rights cases for next term. Revives a permit for a pipeline under the Appalachian Trail.

Video recorded by body cameras that Minneapolis police officers wore on their chests as they were arresting George Floyd could shape how the officers’ cases play out in court.

Judge Peter Cahill has been assigned to oversee the cases of Derek Chauvin, J. Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao.

At least 21 states have taken actions within the last four months to limit the liability of health care providers, with nine states expressly including nursing homes.

The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by a member of the Satanic Temple against a Missouri abortion law.

The lawsuit seeks multiple changes ahead of the elections, arguing that they are needed in order to respond to challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

A judge on Monday kept bail at $1 million for Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyd’s death.