Minnesota Lawyer

The Minnesota Supreme Court on March 9 upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that a Minnesota statute punishing certain threats of violence does not violate the First Amendment.

Minnesota public defenders reached a tentative contract agreement, union officials said Saturday, averting a walkout that threatened to bring much of the state court system to a standstill.

The University of Minnesota Law School announced Wednesday that it will launch a Racial Justice Law Clinic, bringing together students and faculty to address racial justice issues in the Twin Cities area.

The U.S. Supreme Court may soon weigh in on an issue that has caused headaches for Minnesota workers’ compensation carriers and employers: whether employees can be reimbursed for injured workers’ medical marijuana.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals says the Hennepin County District Court erred when it concluded that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and the City Council had a clear duty to continuously employ a minimum number of officers.

In a 4-3 decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court has given the go-ahead to grant relief from a child support order in a marriage dissolution based on newly discovered evidence.

The Supreme Court is clearly inching toward a showdown over what is known as the “independent state legislature doctrine.”

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a gunshot victim’s Fourth Amendment rights were not violated when a police officer entered his hospital room and took evidence from it.

The union representing more than 700 Minnesota public defense employees announced Thursday that its members had overwhelmingly rejected the Board of Public Defense’s “last, best and final” contract offer.

New cyber threats are of great concern to attorneys and law firms because they are often entrusted with a client’s private or classified information that could be valuable to a cybercriminal.