The Minnesota Supreme Court has blocked a trial judge’s order that would’ve forced an alleged sex-assault victim to hand her cellphone over to the defendant’s forensics expert.
Read More »Perspectives: Minnesota case fatal to Trump’s book ban suits
Two recent attempts by President Trump to ban publication of a pair of unfavorable books about him faltered badly.
Read More »Bar Buzz: Mitchell Hamline goes online-only
Classes at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law will be an online-only this fall, the school’s dean says.
Read More »Ellison settles with two more landlords on evictions
Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office has settled four of five eviction actions filed since the governor declared a peacetime emergency on March 13.
Read More »Police reforms won’t alter sentencing guidelines
The police reform bill passed during the July special session will not affect the state’s sentencing grid, Sentencing Guidelines Commission members were told on July 23.
Read More »Orput leaves Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Pete Orput has stepped down as the state prosecutors’ representative on the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, citing a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.
Read More »Lillehaug reflects on illustrious career
First of two parts: A look at Justice David Lillehaug’s earlier career as a top political aide, U.S. attorney, candidate and private-practice attorney.
Read More »Tunheim again denies Trump campaign motions
Minnesota’s U.S. District Court denied the Trump campaign’s motions for an interlocutory appeal and a stay of proceedings in a lawsuit involving unwanted campaign texts allegedly sent to three Minnesota plaintiffs.
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Antitrust attorney takes on leadership roles
Michelle Looby likes making a difference for clients who otherwise might not have representation in her work as a partner in Gustafson Gluek’s national antitrust and class action practice.
Read More »Capitol Retort: Police reform; masked man(date); secret police
Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.
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