Minnesota Lawyer

Besides shuffling chairs to accommodate newly independent senators Tom Bakk and David Tomassoni, the upper chamber expanded by nine the number of committees and subcommittees it will assemble.

On Nov. 3, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard the case of Oliver the Pooch. A month before that, on Oct. 1, the state Court of Appeals heard the case of Oliver the Kitty.

The unidentified 73-year-old was an inmate at the Oak Park Heights prison, according to the Department of Corrections.

A neurosurgeon who sued the Mayo Clinic and his former supervisor for job discrimination has been told by a second judge that he can’t change the story he told in a deposition.

Gov. Tim Walz said Monday that he plans to call a seventh special session in early December, this time to push a COVID-19 small-business relief package.

One of the biggest obstacles to justice reform, Gov. Tim Walz said last week, is the inability of too many Minnesotans to understand that late May’s civil disorder didn’t start with someone carrying lighter fluid and a match.

The Minnesota Judicial Council has imposed a new 60-day pause on almost all in-person criminal jury trials, effective until Feb. 1.

A Plymouth woman has filed a federal civil rights suit against the city of Minneapolis and two police officers after she allegedly was pulled out of her car during the upheaval following George Floyd’s death.

The public sector union representing more than 1,000 Minnesota courthouse workers is complaining that some District Courts might be unsafe workplaces and is demanding that they follow COVID-19 protocols.

Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday imposed four weeks worth of new COVID-19 restrictions, shutting down bars, restaurants and fitness centers, while pausing social gatherings and organized amateur sports.