Minnesota Lawyer

The Minnesota House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee heard testimony Jan. 10 from the Board of Public Defense, which hopes the full House of Representatives will pass HF 90 to fully fund public defenders.

Robert J. Hamilton, Fredrikson’s chief operating officer, died unexpectedly Jan. 15, the firm announced Wednesday.

Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said she is suing Hamline University, which dismissed her after a Muslim student objected to depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the removal of Brian Lipschultz as a trustee of the Otto Bremer Trust.

Citing a significant backlog of cases since the pandemic-related eviction moratorium was lifted, Hennepin County District Court has resumed in-person hearings for many cases instead of handling them remotely.

A Minnesota lawyer who has already been suspended twice and admonished three times since being admitted to practice law in 1990 has been suspended again.

The Minneapolis City Council signed a set of conditions that Progress Residential — formerly known as HavenBrook Homes — must adhere to to maintain its rental license in the city.

The Minnesota Legislature embarked on a path toward legalizing recreational marijuana for adults.

A federal appeals court accepted the government’s request to drop its appeals of the sentences of two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of civil rights violations in the murder of George Floyd.

Since the Bail Reform Act of 1984 was enacted, pretrial detention rates in federal criminal cases have skyrocketed.