Minnesota Lawyer

A Grand Rapids attorney has been charged with criminal sexual assault after allegedly sexually assaulting clients.

Eyes from across the globe are on Minnesota as ongoing litigation, now in the 8th Circuit, could result in granting legal rights to wild rice.

Longtime Maslon partner David F. Herr, regarded as a giant of Minnesota law for his decades of highly respected work as an appellate lawyer and complex case litigator, legal educator and prolific author on the law, has died. He was 71.

Ivan Fong has been named executive vice president, general counsel and secretary for Medtronic, succeeding Brad Lerman, who is retiring at the end of January.

On Dec. 17, 2021, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights announced a settlement with the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. The settlement stems from a 2018 investigation into Humphrey School of Public Affairs professor James Ron.

With the late December announcement of Oracle Corp.’s $28.3 billion acquisition of electronic medical records company Cerner Corp., a whirlwind year of mergers and acquisitions statewide, nationally and globally is proving it isn’t over until it’s truly over.

A Minnesota man has submitted a charge against Brookdale Senior Living Center in North Oaks to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Daniel Reinke, sales and marketing manager for Brookdale, was informed that the company (based in Brentwood, Tennessee) had implemented a Mandatory Associate Vaccination Policy for the COVID-19 vaccine. Reinke sought a religious exemption, which was denied.

The most serious charge against Kim Potter — first-degree manslaughter — carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. Here’s how her sentencing could play out.

The jury reached a trial outcome Thursday in the manslaughter trial of the Brooklyn Center police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright after she says she mistook her gun for her Taser.

A Texas board that unanimously supported a posthumous pardon for George Floyd over a 2004 drug arrest in Houston has withdrawn that recommendation over “procedural errors.”