Minnesota Lawyer

A Rochester native, Ann Juergens went to law school “to learn more about power and justice.”

Attorney-client privilege did not apply to a former Hopkins mayoral candidate’s threats to kill a federal judge, an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled in upholding the man’s conviction.

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

Staying a federal judge’s injunction pending appeal, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has relegated DFL candidates to last place on the general-election ballot, at least among their major-party rivals.

In a reversal of long-standing precedent, the state Supreme Court has ruled that a vicarious-liability claim against Allina Health System over the actions of two subcontracting ER doctors can proceed.

The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld Jonas David Nelson's mandatory sentence of life in prison for fatally shooting his father just a week after Nelson turned 18.

A national “vision paper” co-authored and signed by Ramsey County Attorney John Choi lays out a new model for the “modern prosecutor.”

A new rule has been adopted that reflects a statutory repeal, which handed authority over precedential Court of Appeals opinions back to the courts.

Two minimum security prisons — at Togo and Willow River — will close because of an anticipated $14 million shortfall in the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ current budget.

In this second of a two-part interview, retiring state Supreme Court Justice David Lillehaug tells Minnesota Lawyer about his time on the bench, his legacy and what he plans to do next.