Minnesota Lawyer

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation, a decision that state and federal officials have warned could throw Oklahoma into chaos.

the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a New York prosecutor’s demands for the president’s tax records. But his taxes and other financial records almost certainly will be kept out of the public eye until after the November election.

The Supreme Court said that the first-ever women to hold two prominent positions at the court, handling the justices’ security and overseeing publication of the court’s decisions, are retiring.

Though it threw out most of her claims as redundant, a Court of Appeals panel has ordered a trial judge to determine whether a Prince heir was civilly assaulted by an estate officer.

The ruling found a civilly committed sex offender failed to show evidence of harm.

The Supreme Court is siding with two Catholic schools in a ruling that underscores that certain employees of religious schools, hospitals and social service centers can't sue for employment discrimination.

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request for an emergency order to delay the process of shutting down the Dakota Access pipeline while attorneys appeal a ruling to shutter the pipeline during the course of an environmental review.

The high court on Wednesday said 7-2 the administration acted properly when it made the change, which lower courts had blocked.

The hearings brought into sharp relief the competing narratives likely to play out — again — during a second summertime special session, which is expected to start Monday.

From a big-picture perspective, it’s critical for in-house legal teams to consider a wide range of issues, from reviewing contracts for force majeure provisions, to labor and employment issues surrounding employees who get sick, and more.