Minnesota Lawyer

After two years of litigation, plaintiffs who sued the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey over police staffing have dismissed their lawsuit. They are satisfied that the new budget for police shows a trend away from what they had characterized as “police defunding.”

Minnesota Lawyer is pleased to recognize members of the legal community for their contributions to diversity in the practice of law in its sixth annual Diversity and Inclusion Awards.

After beating Target’s motion to dismiss in April 2021, an autistic teen’s mother’s copyright claims against the retail giant have been dismissed with prejudice.

Plaintiffs seek class certification in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit, asserting seven separate counts against Wells Fargo, GreatBanc Trust Co., and former Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan for breaches of fiduciary duty and engaging in prohibited transactions.

Vireo Health, one of two medical marijuana distributors in Minnesota, alleges legal bias in favor of less-regulated edible sellers.

Attorney Ben Crump, his law firm and Daunte Wright's parents are being sued for keeping money purportedly raised for the benefit of Wright's 2-year-old son.

Deliberations in the divisive decision revolved around the meaning of "private data on individuals."

As they have been in recent years for many residents of Hennepin County, crime and policing were at the forefront at a forum between Hennepin County attorney candidates Mary Moriarty and Martha Holton Dimick Thursday night.

Exculpatory clauses can be used to limit liability for negligence, but those clauses had better be written clearly.

Racially imbalanced school systems, even if the state contributed to the imbalance, do not violate the Education Clause of the Minnesota Constitution, so long as the imbalance was caused by de facto segregation.