Minnesota Lawyer

By Dawn R. Solowey and Lynn A. Kappelman BOSTON — At a time when the #MeToo movement is dominating headlines, everyone is talking about sexual harassment — around the water cooler, around the family table, and online. Media coverage of ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed doubts about a Tennessee law that imposes residency requirements on people seeking to run liquor stores, taking up a rare test of the 1933 constitutional amendment that repealed Prohibition. Tennessee requires people to live in ...

MADISON, Wis. — Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has filed a federal lawsuit seeking repeal of state laws that make it more difficult for women, particularly in rural areas, to receive abortions. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Madison ...

The U.S. Justice Department’s decision to expand a federal prohibition on internet gambling will cast a pall on the industry as businesses and state lotteries evaluate the implications of the change and the government’s plans to enforce it. The U.S. ...

MADISON, Wis. — A judge has restored Wisconsin’s authority to protect water quality after ruling it was improperly given up in a settlement with a dairy industry group. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that a Milwaukee County judge ruled last ...

As PG&E Corp. hurtles toward bankruptcy, a once-obscure legal doctrine with an awkward name certainly bears a portion of the blame. Known as inverse condemnation, it holds California utilities responsible for wildfire damage caused by their equipment — whether the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The sentencing of a former West Virginia Supreme Court justice has been delayed. U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. on Tuesday pushed back the sentencing of ex-Justice Menis Ketchum from Jan. 30 to Feb. 27. Ketchum’s ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has decided to wade into a global licensing battle between Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc., with billions of dollars at stake.

President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department comes with a track record that signals he could take a softer stance in policing mergers and promote a more business-friendly approach to prosecutions. William Barr, the nominee for attorney general, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — When President Donald Trump revoked protections for young immigrants known as “Dreamers,” California’s top prosecutor, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, turned to a member of his office’s civil rights section to craft the state’s legal response. Michael Newman, ...