Minnesota Lawyer

Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety.

In an important decision in the area of estates and trusts on Oct. 27, the Minnesota Supreme Court underscored that trustees must act in good faith and always with the best interest of the beneficiaries in mind.

Judge Regina Chu ruled in August that there will be no recording or livestreaming of Kim Potter's trial, which is due to start Nov. 30.

For some Minnesotans, audio files are now being outsourced to a transcription company instead of being transcribed by Minnesota court reporters.

A court-ordered evaluation of Hennepin County’s foster care system detailed many shortcomings in the system that affect foster youth’s well-being.

Twin Metals will appeal a federal decision that dealt a serious blow to its proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, the company said Wednesday.

When Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial Monday for shooting three men during street protests in Wisconsin that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer, he’ll argue that he fired in self-defense. Legal experts say under Wisconsin law he has a strong case.

For this edition of POWER 30, we’ve chosen to focus on business litigation. In POWER 30, we focus on those whose mere presence on a case signifies the stakes, who have influenced the direction of the law, whose leadership in the community is pervasive and whose respect within the bar is undeniable.

The center’s three-pronged model focuses on providing direct legal services, education, and advocacy.

A Twin Cities criminal defense attorney has been convicted of bilking one her clients out of $15,000, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Tuesday.