Minnesota Lawyer

COVID-19 trends are headed in the wrong direction, so there will be no changes to the state’s in-person civil jury trial ban, the state Judicial Council has decided.

The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have resulted in fewer allegations of vulnerable adults being mistreated, the state Department of Human Services reported Tuesday.

Law firm leaders contemplate reopening more widely and move cautiously toward the 'new normal' with the state’s work-from-home mandate set to expire on April 15.

In the latest tweak to the state judiciary’s COVID-19 response, the Judicial Council agreed Friday to keep in place its orders permitting in-person criminal jury trials.

The state’s Civil Legal Services are faced with a “compensation deficit crisis” that is churning lawyer turnover, even as the pandemic significantly increases the need for their services.

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.

The state’s Judicial Council on Thursday voted to further loosen restrictions on in-person criminal jury trials. But it has not ended its moratorium on other kinds of in-person proceedings.

A virtual panel held by Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. discussed challenges facing state tax laws, as well as expected minimal changes to these laws.

In the face of COVID-19, the Minnesota Judicial Branch is making do about as well as could be expected, the state court administrator told senators last week.

A Minnesota moratorium on in-person jury trials is being extended until March 15, the state’s Judicial Council decided Thursday.