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Sep 25, 2023

2023 Up & Coming Attorneys

These Up & Coming Attorneys are the legal minds Minnesota Lawyer is going to cover for the next 20 years as they find justice for their clients and make the arguments that will help define new legal precedents.

Unsung Legal Heroes 2023
Sep 25, 2023

2023 Unsung Legal Heroes

Without the support of the paralegals, IT professionals, investigators and more featured in this section, it’s nigh impossible to do great work.

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Sep 25, 2023

Robot milker case yields $122M

Three years of litigation have ended with a settlement of nearly $122M in a class action over problems dairy farmers encountered while using a robotic milker.

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Sep 22, 2023

Court upholds sex-with-minor report submitted by man’s therapist

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld the district court’s decision to allow admissions made to a mandated reporter to be entered as evidence against a man accused of engaging in sex with a minor.

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Sep 21, 2023

Federal judge rules for students with disabilities in age-cutoff case

The ruling sided with a Minnesota law center that said some students' education was cut short in violation of federal law.

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Sep 20, 2023

Justices remand Duluth dispute

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled there was no ‘continuing violation’ of preservation advocate’s rights.

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Sep 20, 2023

Legal education for incarcerated students expands

Incarcerated legal students and paralegals in the Prison-to-Law Pipeline program appear to have broken further new ground by working on expungement petitions and other civil matters for formerly incarcerated clients.

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Sep 19, 2023

Supreme Court backs woman’s false-reporting conviction

The Minnesota Supreme Court has affirmed an appellate court ruling upholding the conviction of a Waseca County woman who was found guilty of falsely reporting a crime.

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Sep 18, 2023

Pot smell not enough for search

The mere smell of marijuana is not enough to establish probable cause to conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle, the state Supreme Court ruled.

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Sep 15, 2023

Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions in Wisconsin

Planned Parenthood announced that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin on Monday after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn’t apply to abortions.

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Sep 14, 2023

Wisconsin court candidates often speak out on hot topics

An Associated Press review of previous campaigns and public statements by Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates reveals that both conservatives and liberals have weighed in on topics that could come before the court, sometimes in strikingly strong language.

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