Minnesota Lawyer

Summaries of upcoming Supreme Court arguments.

Sen. Jeff Hayden, the outgoing District 62 state senator, announced on Twitter that he would be joining Fredrikson & Byron’s government relations team.

About two hours before the State Canvassing Board met Tuesday, a group of petitioners led by GOP congressional Tyler Kistner filed suit to block the board from certifying the 2020 election results.

The Commission on Judicial Selection on Nov. 16 announced three vacancies on two courts.

Aalok Sharma, a Minneapolis associate at the Stinson L.L.P. law firm, has been named chair of the American Bar Association’s Sports Division Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries.

Minnesota U.S. District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz has been named chair of the federal courts’ Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence.

A state representative has petitioned in Ramsey County court to make sure that 318 absentee ballots, which somehow got mislaid on Oct. 31, get counted.

The state Department of Labor and Industry this month unveiled a portal for filing and accessing workers’ compensation claims.

Gov. Tim Walz will headline the list of speakers at next week’s Minnesota Justice Research Center’s Re-Imagining Justice conference.

At last check, Minnesota’s election attorneys and their clients appeared to be keeping their powder dry.