Minnesota Lawyer

The Minnesota Judicial Council has approved a compromise budget plan that would request a pay-and-insurance boost, but only in the second year.

Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages around the U.S., more than a half million households are made up of married same-sex couples, according to figures the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.

The Supreme Court said it will start its new term next month the way it ended the last one, with arguments by telephone because of the coronavirus pandemic and live audio available to the public.

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.