Minnesota Lawyer

Opponents of a new power plant being planned for near Lake Superior received a setback in a recent Minnesota Court of Appeals decision.

Zacarias Moussaoui remains the only person ever convicted in a U.S. court in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks. A behind-the-scenes look at the trial from its lead participants demonstrated how hard it was to bring it to justice.

Medina-based Polaris Inc. has prevailed in a class-action lawsuit claiming that a design flaw in its off-road vehicles shortens the vehicles’ lives and endangers owners.

A judge struck down ballot language Tuesday that aimed to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new agency, which sent the City Council scrambling to approve new language that members hope will stand up.

In 2018, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe formally recognized the rights of wild rice, setting the stage for the current lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources that contends a water use permit for the Enbridge Energy Line 3 pipeline puts wild rice at risk.

Even before the pandemic the legal workplace was starting to work differently and become more flexible with their office space, with their employees, with clients, with the way they deliver services and the way they communicate.

Some back-and-forth behind closed doors means a local nonprofit has won a legal battle with the city of Minneapolis over what it calls politically charged voting-related language in a ballot question related to the city’s police force.

Surveys and anecdotal evidence suggest that legal teams — particularly small and medium-size law firms — continue to trail other professions in making significant strides to deploy technology more broadly.

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Wednesday that he won’t seek reelection in 2022, drawing a curtain on a more than two-decade career notable for his decisions in high-profile cases involving police.

Three Minneapolis residents are suing the city over a ballot question that would eliminate the police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death, arguing it misleads voters about key aspects of the proposal.