Minnesota Lawyer

Oral arguments were heard Wednesday, Nov. 9, in a case that threatens a 44-year-old federal law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children.

A Minnesota man is seeking class certification in a lawsuit against Google alleging violation of Minnesota’s law prohibiting disclosure of videotape rental or sales records.

In 1911, a strip of land in Itasca County was dedicated “to the public use forever.”

Longtime Maslon partner David F. Herr, regarded as a giant of Minnesota law for his decades of highly respected work as an appellate lawyer and complex case litigator, legal educator and prolific author on the law, has died. He was 71.

Ivan Fong has been named executive vice president, general counsel and secretary for Medtronic, succeeding Brad Lerman, who is retiring at the end of January.

A judge ruled in favor of a request from the Dayton’s Project owner-developer to delay the upcoming auction of the project’s loan in New York.

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law requiring individuals to have a permit to carry a handgun in public is constitutional and does not violate the Second Amendment.

A District Court judge did not abuse her discretion in setting a sheriff’s salary at nearly $17,000 more than county commissioners had voted to pay him, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled.

Chief Justice Lorie Gildea says the success of remote access, made necessary by the pandemic, has yielded ideas for embracing technology going forward.

The Minnesota Judicial Branch announced Tuesday that face coverings will no longer be required in court facilities effective July 6.