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Bar Buzz: Happy President’s Day
What do President Teddy Roosevelt and President Jimmy Carter have in common, besides their diminutive names?
Bar Buzz: Shared stakes and neighborly divides
Retired Supreme Court Justice Alan Page spoke at the Fifth Annual MLK Convocation on Tuesday at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Bar Buzz: It’s official—Zerwas is a lobbyist
Former state Rep. Nick Zerwas, R-Elk River, is officially a law firm’s lobbyist.
Bar Buzz: Walz appoints two judges for 1st District
Two new judges have been named by Gov. Tim Walz for the First Judicial District.
Bar Buzz: Not with a bang…
Six minutes. That’s approximately how much time the Minnesota Supreme Court spent listening to oral arguments in a disciplinary proceeding against Paul Hansmeier on Monday.
Bar Buzz: Anderson replaces Cajacob in 3rd District
Karie M. Anderson, shareholder with a Waseca-based general practice law firm, has been named a trial judge in Minnesota’s 3rd Judicial District.
Bar Buzz: Two judgeships open; finalists picked for third
Two new bench slots are opening, even as the Commission on Judicial Selection makes recommendations to fill a third.
Bar Buzz: MacDonald joins presidential commission
U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald was appointed by Attorney General William Barr to the newly created Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.
Bar Buzz: House committees hit road—to Mitchell Hamline
Confab one of two justice-reform hearings Wednesday.
Bar Buzz: LCC formally bars discrimination
Mirroring efforts by the House and Senate, the Legislative Coordinating Commission (LCC) has adopted a formal anti-discrimination policy for its employees.
Bar Buzz: Six bills on gun-hearing agenda
For the first time since the latest batch of gun bills started circulating after Democrats took over the House last year, the GOP-led Senate on Tuesday will gavel in a gun-bill hearing.
Top News
- ICE agent charged with assault after gun incident on Highway 62
- Justice Department settles with IBM over alleged DEI practices
- Court of Appeals upholds pistol permit revocation
- Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Pabst is liable in steamfitter’s death
- AI ‘virtual assistant’ engaged Wisconsin voters in Supreme Court race
- Liberal makes early entry into 2027 Wisconsin Supreme Court race
- Breaking the Ice: ‘Lone wolf’ lawyer doesn’t mind symbolic wins
Expert Testimony
- Legally Speaking: April showers don’t wait, neither do difficult conversations
- Perspectives: Seeking Stanley Cup, Wild recall hockey law here
- Quandaries & Quagmires: ABA Formal Opinion 520
- Perspectives: Trump’s pledge to ‘solve’ sports ‘mess’ recalls law here
