Capitol Retort: Hate fake, property seizures, press freedoms

Kevin Featherly February 28, 2019 Leave a comment

Jussie Smollett leaves the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Feb. 21. (AP photo)

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

In the Hopper: Wage theft; civil forfeitures; marital rape

Kevin Featherly February 27, 2019 Leave a comment

A worker on Feb. 6 holds an anti-wage-theft sign during a hearing on House File 6, a bill from Rep. Tim Mahoney, DFL-St. Paul, that creates a gross misdemeanor for employers who withheld wages from employees. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly)

A bill that creates a gross misdemeanor for employers who steal or wrongfully withhold workers’ wages likely will make a stop in the House Judiciary committee next week.

Breaking the Ice: ‘Matlock’ fan finds reward in corporate practice

Todd Nelson February 22, 2019 Leave a comment

Alfred Coleman is managing partner of the newly opened Minneapolis office of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr. (Submitted photo)

Alfred Coleman is the managing partner of the newly opened Minneapolis office of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

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Capitol Retort: Probation cap, emergency, high heater

Kevin Featherly February 21, 2019 Leave a comment

President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration isn’t the first to face a court challenge. In this photo, U.S. District Judge David A. Pine carries a briefcase under his arm as he leaves court April 29, 1952, in Washington after branding President Harry Truman's seizure of steel mills illegal. He declined to make a statement to reporters. The U.S. Supreme Court eventually upheld Pine’s finding in a ruling on June 2, 1952. (AP file photo)

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In the Hopper: Judges’ pay; gang data; prison segregation

Kevin Featherly February 20, 2019 Leave a comment

Ramsey County District Court Judge Teresa Warner makes a pitch for 5 percent per year salary increase for judges during a Feb. 13 House Judiciary committee hearing. Warner appeared representing the Minnesota District Judges Association. (Staff photo: Kevin Featherly )

The Minnesota Judicial Branch and the Minnesota District Judges Association offered lawmakers competing judge pay-raise requests on Feb. 13.

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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