The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit trekked to Minnesota last week to hear two oral arguments at the University of Minnesota, one ...
Read More »Bar Buzz: Startup treatment courts could get $3 million
A bill that would dedicate $3 million to startup Minnesota treatment courts could get stirred into the Judiciary finance omnibus bill that is slated to go through markups April 9.
Read More »Bar Buzz: Red Lake Nation, Mille Lacs Band present tribal flags
Representatives from the Red Lake Nation and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe on Thursday, March 28, presented to the state their tribal flags, which will ...
Read More »Bar Buzz: Vacancy on the bench
A seat on the bench in the 7th Judicial District has opened due to the retirement of Judge Frederick L. Grunke. It will be chambered at St. ...
Read More »Supreme Court Calendar: April 2019
Summaries of upcoming Supreme Court arguments.
Read More »Bar Buzz: Gun bill hearings get green light in Senate
It sounds less like a change of heart than a change of atmosphere that led Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Nisswa, to green-light two pieces of DFL gun legislation.
Read More »Bar Buzz: Teens uplifted through mock trials
Participants in the Maslon UPLIFT: Legal Institute for Teens mock trial stepped into the spotlight last week for trials in State v. Palmer, a manslaughter ...
Read More »Bar Buzz: No-conflict divorce?
Bipartisan legislation that forms a task force to examine divorce’s impact on children is moving through the Minnesota House. The same measure also has made headway in the Senate.
Read More »Prayers for New Zealand massacre victims
Bloomington's Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center was filled Saturday with civic leaders and many others who gathered to mourn the 50 people murdered at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Read More »Bar Buzz: Moms sound off
Erin Zamoff, state chapter leader for the group Moms Demand Action, addressed about 200 demonstrators in the Capitol rotunda Wednesday, demanding that the Senate hold hearings on two pieces of gun-safety legislation.
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