Breaking the Ice: IP career, blog had roots in pharmacy experience

Todd Nelson February 15, 2019 Leave a comment

Stephen Baird launched DuetsBlog in March 2009 to promote collaboration between legal and marketing teams. (Submitted photo)

Stephen Baird, shareholder at Winthrop & Weinstine, is marking the 10th anniversary of DuetsBlog, his influential online journal on branding and intellectual property law.

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Capitol Retort: Workers’ wish, Barr confirmed, Super Bore

Kevin Featherly February 14, 2019 Leave a comment

Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell testifies before the House Corrections Subcommittee during a hearing last week in a Stillwater prison gymnasium. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly )

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

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In the Hopper: DWI omnibus; single-subject amendment; moving on

Kevin Featherly February 13, 2019 Leave a comment

Sen. Mark Johnson, R-East Grand Forks (left), is the author of Senate File 753, which closes a loophole in implied consent laws related to recreational vehicle and boats. Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, sits to his left. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

The Senate Judiciary committee on Feb. 6 heard three bills that likely will become part of a larger Senate DWI omnibus package.

Breaking the Ice: Nonprofit clients inspire passion in practice

Todd Nelson February 8, 2019 Leave a comment

Jennifer Reedstrom Bishop is a principal and the health and nonprofit chair at Gray Plant Mooty. (Submitted photo)

Jennifer Reedstrom Bishop’s mission is working with mission-driven organizations as a principal and the health and nonprofit chair at Gray Plant Mooty.

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Capitol Retort: Arctic blast, cyber slow walk, course Corrections

Kevin Featherly February 7, 2019 Leave a comment

A woman dressed for the cold braves frigid sub-zero temperatures as she crosses a street Jan. 31 in downtown Minneapolis as the arctic blast continued. (AP photo: Jim Mone)

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

In the Hopper: Restrictive covenants, bar mix, data breaches

Kevin Featherly February 6, 2019 Leave a comment

The 1968 Fair Housing Act legislatively barred restrictive covenants in housing. In this photo, President Lyndon B. Johnson presents a souvenir pen to Mr. and Mrs. Lupe Arzola after signing the act Aug. 1, 1968, in Washington. The couple were residents of the oldest federally subsidized public housing project in Austin, Texas. (AP file photo)

The Minnesota House unanimously voted to allow homeowners with restrictive covenants written into their properties’ historical abstracts to attach an affidavit forswearing that antiquated segregationist practice.

Breaking the Ice: Finding humanity, giving voice in criminal defense

Todd Nelson February 1, 2019 Leave a comment

A clerkship at Halberg Criminal Defense sealed Christina Zauhar’s commitment to a criminal defense practice. (Submitted photo)

Christina Zauhar, an attorney at Halberg Criminal Defense, said she "almost exclusively read[s] fictional crime novels."

Capitol Retort: ERA’s return, judges’ pay, ‘Bird Box’ challenge

Kevin Featherly January 31, 2019 Leave a comment

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

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In the Hopper: ‘Gender-based Violence Prevention Week’ edition

Kevin Featherly January 30, 2019 Leave a comment

Jenny Teeson, of Andover, offers her support of House File 15, a bill that does away with a marital and cohabitation exception in the state’s sexual assault statutes. The bill’s author, Rep. Zack Stephenson, DFL-Coon Rapids, looks on. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

In this special In the Hopper edition, we focus entirely on that subject.

Breaking the Ice: Personal loss shapes approach to practice

Todd Nelson January 25, 2019 Leave a comment

In her practice, Alyssa Lawson appreciates learning about new technologies and “affecting real change in intellectual property law.” (Submitted photo)

Robins Kaplan associate Alyssa Lawson says being a “risk evaluator” is an important part of her complex technology litigation practice representing Fortune 500 and technology companies in Minnesota and nationally.

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