Minnesota Lawyer

Minneapolis-based Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P., is one of two law firms given an exceptional service award from the American Bar Association’s Death Penalty Representation Project.

Anderson led with "integrity, intelligence and thoughtfulness, and his judicial career was only paralleled by his many civic contributions,” current Chief Justice Lorie Gildea said.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected the Green Party presidential candidate’s request to be added to the state ballot, ruling that it came too late for any relief “that would not cause confusion and undue damage” just seven weeks before the election.

The Trump administration can end humanitarian protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan to remain in the United States, a divided appeals court ruled Monday.

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that a college student was shot in the face by a nonlethal round fired by police during the George Floyd protests.

The ruling has broad implications for Minnesota's 17 private colleges and universities, according to attorneys who represent St. Thomas.

Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor thrust her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, the city of Louisville agreed to pay the Black woman’s family $12 million and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced Tuesday.

Carlson Caspers partner Tara Norgard led work to recover millions stolen in Trevor Cook’s $190-million Ponzi scheme during her decade as general counsel for the receiver.

The state Supreme Court has disbarred a former county attorney for professional misconduct while he was in office.