Minnesota Lawyer

The Minnesota Board of Public Defense on Tuesday agreed to pay a $300,000 settlement to former Chief Hennepin County Defender Mary Moriarty, less than a year after the board voted against renewing her contract after she clashed with the state’s top public defender.

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe challenging the operation of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Gov. Tim Walz’s executive orders restricting business operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic did not amount to “commandeering” private property under the state’s emergency management act, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled.

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a state law Friday that allowed for taking blood samples from suspected drunken drivers who are incapacitated, ruling that it is unconstitutional.

In Waconia the construction of a dock garnered controversy. Unfortunately for the city, its own ordinance dashed the hopes of enjoining Jayson and Cristine Dock’s dock.

Prosecutors say the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death should not be granted a new trial because the proceedings were fair and Derek Chauvin was found guilty by an impartial jury, according to a court document filed Wednesday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the law license of a western Wisconsin attorney with a “considerable” disciplinary history, writing that the legal profession has “no place” for his unethical behavior.

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Prosecutors in Tennessee who are preparing for the first-degree murder trial of a Nashville police officer next month may try to call a law enforcement expert witness who served similarly in the case against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death.

A neurosurgeon may choose to continue pursuing his defamation suit stemming from the suspension of his clinical privileges at a Twin Cities-based health care system even after losing a round in a split opinion from an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel.