Minnesota Lawyer

In the face of COVID-19, the Minnesota Judicial Branch is making do about as well as could be expected, the state court administrator told senators last week.

A Minnesota moratorium on in-person jury trials is being extended until March 15, the state’s Judicial Council decided Thursday.

Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington has confirmed that events surrounding the Jan. 6 “Storm the Capitol” rally are under investigation, Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman says.

Just hours after Minnesota’s 11th prison inmate died from COVID-19 on Sunday night, Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell briefed senators on how his department is grappling with the pandemic.

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is reviewing a Jan. 6 Minnesota Capitol protest that some onlookers depicted as insurrectionist, according to a Minnesota House source.

Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday he plans to deploy the Minnesota National Guard to protect against potential threats to the state Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Derek Chauvin will stand trial alone in March while the other three former officers will be tried together in the summer.

Researchers say that while we cannot eliminate the feeling of anger, there are specific strategies that we can employ to control anger.

A New Hope police officer is denied qualified immunity from a First Amendment retaliation claim, after she stopped a driver for waving a middle finger at her, a U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals panel has ruled.

As it rounds the bend to its one-year anniversary as a worldwide pandemic, COVID-19 still has attorneys scrambling on a number of fronts — not the least of which is employment law.