Minnesota Lawyer

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.

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.

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.

A look at 20 of the top cases of the past year, with a dollop of a dozen more of them.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The ABA has recently issued two formal opinions on when the personal relationships of judges and lawyers raise ethics issues that may require disclosure, consent, or disqualification. The opinions are in many ways instructive and in some ways flawed.