Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.
Read More »Session 2020: Fate of lawyerly legislation
Some bills fail, some succeed; others wait: Here's a rundown of some bills we kept an eye on in 2020.
Read More »Insurance relief package clears conference committee
In what a top administration official characterized as a workable compromise, a joint House-Senate conference committee Wednesday approved an insurance relief bill that leaves Gov. ...
Read More »House passes insurance premium relief, reform
Amendment allows insurers to sell policies without some federally mandated coverage
Read More »Stinson firm disqualified from lawsuit
Mum’s the word with respect to a Memorandum and Order issued by Chief Judge John Tunheim on Dec. 8 disqualifying the Stinson Leonard Street firm from a consolidated lawsuit against mortgage loan originator Impac Funding.
Read More »Misuse of client funds leads to 2 disbarments
Merry Christmas, counselor, it’s time for you to find a new career.
Read More »Retired judge Miles Lord dies
Miles Lord, a onetime federal judge in Minnesota who presided over a number of groundbreaking cases and spoke out against corporate abuses, has died.
Read More »Across the Nation: National firm brings cannabis to the forefront
DETROIT — When putting together Dykema Gossett PLLC’s newly launched Cannabis Law practice group, R. Lance Boldrey said he did some surveying. The results surprised ...
Read More »LRT dispute could ‘sink’ special session
Lobbyist says Dayton should curb demands
Read More »Stinson Leonard Street moving to Fifty South Sixth
The firm has signed a lease for 105,000 square feet across three floors
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