A bill to limit the use of employee noncompete covenants has begun making its way through the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Read More »For world, Floyd’s death was about race. Why not the trials?
For people around the world, the killing of George Floyd was about race. Yet in the courtrooms where police officers faced trial for their roles in Floyd’s killing, race was rarely mentioned.
Read More »Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the White House said, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation.
Read More »For 3 more officers at Floyd killing, jury says: Guilty
The three Minneapolis police officers alongside Derek Chauvin at the scene of George Floyd’s killing offered a variety of reasons why they weren’t to blame. A federal jury swept them all aside Thursday.
Read More »Court again reverses sex offender’s civil commitment
A man deemed sexually dangerous has won reversal of his civil commitment for a second time but remains in custody after the Minnesota Court of Appeals remanded the case to Dakota County District Court.
Read More »Court finds for inmate father
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has held that incarceration alone is not evidence of the futility of services to aid in reunification.
Read More »Being the 1st: What it’s like to make Supreme Court history
The person President Joe Biden wants to be the first Black female justice will become an instant celebrity — and face a unique set of pressures.
Read More »Appellate panel backs landowner in park-fee fight with Burnsville
A three-judge panel has found that the city overstepped its bounds in imposing park-dedication fees, commercial development fees intended to support the creation and enhancement of parks.
Read More »Court: Masked witnesses don’t violate right to confront
A Minnesota court has again affirmed that, when balanced against a defendant’s constitutional rights, COVID mitigation practices win out.
Read More »2021 Attorneys of the Year
The disruptions we saw in 2020 rippled into the work being honored in Minnesota Lawyer’s Attorneys of the Year for 2021.
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