Electronic evidence from smart speakers has yet to have a measurable impact in adjudicating criminal or civil cases in the U.S. But with over 150 million smart speakers out there and Amazon Alexa with 70% market share that day is coming soon.
Read More »Briefly: Interlocutory appeals: Can you? Must you?
Whether you can and should appeal an interlocutory decision is a question that arises often when, during the course of litigation, the trial court issues an order which, although not finally disposing of the case, has a separate basis for immediate appeal.
Read More »Perspectives: King Day recalls history of racism in Minnesota
The King Day commemoration this week provides an opportune occasion to examine both the history of systemic racism and advancing remedial efforts to combat the scourge in Minnesota legal history.
Read More »Perspectives: Election recalls close encounters here
The close results of the most recent presidential election in about a half-dozen battleground states recall some of the ballot brouhahas encountered in Minnesota in recent memory.
Read More »Perspectives: 20 cases for 2020 from A to Z
A look at 20 of the top cases of the past year, with a dollop of a dozen more of them.
Read More »Sybil Procedure: Pandemic’s new normal is still wildly strange
This new normal is still wildly strange. But as we peer around the corner into 2021, Sybil Dunlop is thinking about ways to improve her world in 2021.
Read More »Perspectives: Dual discipline decisions disappoint students
Students, parents, teachers, faculty, administrators and staff are assessing the outcome of three cases decided by the federal and state appellate courts addressing education law issues.
Read More »Quandaries & Quagmires: Attorney as witness: 3 erroneous court orders
The Office of Lawyers Responsibility (OLPR), the Minnesota Supreme Court, and the Hennepin County District Court have recently given four answers to questions about a trial lawyer acting as a witness, three of which are wrong.
Read More »Perspectives: Packing the Supreme Court, Minnesota style
History and pragmatism of the debate over "packing" the U.S. Supreme Court are reflected in the Minnesota experience with “packing” and “unpacking” the state’s highest appellate tribunal, and the intermediate and lower courts, as well.
Read More »Briefly: When an attorney is a stranger in a strange land
Appearing in front of judges who are familiar, whom we have seen before, and about whom we generally have a sense is comforting. When you move to a new venue, it’s not quite as comfortable.
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