Whistleblowers have experienced quite a roller coaster ride of successes and failures recently in Minnesota jurisprudence. (See Perspectives, “What have they done to the Whistleblowers ...
Read More »Hennepin public defenders’ new chief
‘I want to take a look at every part of the organization — from the top to the bottom — and see where we can make improvements’
Read More »Minnesota Lawyer springs into 2001
Believe it or not, spring is just around the corner. The sparrows are returning to Minnesota (albeit they are currently dying of hypothermia). As the ...
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Minnesota judges attend first national Jury Summit Hennepin County District Court Judge Daniel H. Mabley, Ramsey County District Court Judge Kathleen Gearin and judicial leaders ...
Read More »MAIBA president reflects on her organization’s role
The Minnesota American Indian Bar Association (MAIBA) ac ively supports the state’s Indian communities and makes a strong contribution to the state’s legal community. MAIBA ...
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Supreme Court Civil Opinions Domestic Relations Stay of Termination of Parental Rights Staying a permanency order is a settlement tool that finds no specific authority ...
Read More »Three judicial finalists named in Anoka County
Stephen Halsey, Lawrence Johnson and Barry Sullivan have been named as finalists for a seat on the bench in Anoka County. The 10th Judicial District ...
Read More »Web billing — avoiding pain with an ASP
In the last couple of weeks we’ve looked at PCLaw, an old-line time/billing/receivables/general-ledger program that has joined the trend of making it easy to input ...
Read More »Business references, joint liability before Legislature
Two tort-reform measures backed by the business-based Civil Justice Coalition are on a fast track in the House of Representatives. The first, H.F. 415, a ...
Read More »Cases reject efforts to limit statutes of limitations
“[N]ever send to know for whom the bells tolls: it tolls for thee.” John Donne, Devotions (1624) Unlike horseshoes, litigation is a contest in which ...
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