Minnesota Lawyer

Summaries of upcoming Supreme Court arguments.

The Dorsey & Whitney law firm has reinstated staff pay after pandemic-related cuts earlier this year. The firm announced on Oct. 16 that it would restore employees’ slashed salaries for the rest of the year.

Mitchell Hamline Dean Anthony Niedwiecki informed students on Oct. 19 that the public health situation has not changed appreciably since late July when the decision was made to teach remotely.

Erin Sindberg Porter, a business and tort litigation group partner at Jones Day in Minneapolis, has been tapped as the new Judicial Selection Commission chair.

The feds are mulling a request by three state senators to conduct a pattern-and-practice inquiry into possible misconduct by the Minneapolis Police Department after George Floyd’s death.

The race for Minnesota Supreme Court is a tale of night and day — at least on the fundraising front.

Three judicial finalists have been forwarded to the governor, who must choose a replacement for retired 9th District Court Judge Charles M. Leduc. He retired in August.

Sherry Haley replaces 5th Judicial District Court Judge Gordon Moore, who was tapped to replace David Lillehaug on the state Supreme Court in May.

The governor has filled three judgeships on the Hennepin County bench.

Boarding a crowded conservative bandwagon, a state GOP House member is demanding that Attorney General Keith Ellison step in and block distribution of the controversial kidsploitation film “Cuties.”