Minnesota Lawyer

A Minneapolis criminal defense lawyer who described pandemic restrictions and state lawsuits against businesses that violated health guidelines as “intrusive state government” has announced her bid to unseat Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Education lawyers are recalibrating their views on the degree to which public schools and universities can regulate the off-campus speech of students after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.

A judge on Thursday ruled in favor of eight Minneapolis activists who sued the city council and mayor over funding the police force.

Overturning a $1.5 million jury verdict, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that former Gov. Terry Branstad did not illegally discriminate or retaliate against a gay state official.

A federal judge in Iowa admitted wrongdoing and publicly apologized for comments ridiculing former President Donald Trump for issuing a series of pardons to well-connected Republican officials.

The public outcry over Bill Cosby’s sudden release left activists worried it would have a chilling effect on survivors. But criminal law experts believe the court acted reasonably in finding that a prosecutor’s word should be honored, even by a successor.

The criminal tax fraud charges unsealed against Donald Trump’s company Thursday are a blow to an already reeling business. Here’s a look at the company and the challenge it now faces.

The court reversed a lower court ruling in deciding that Arizona’s limits on who can return early ballots for another person and refusal to count ballots cast in the wrong precinct are not racially discriminatory.

Prosecutors may file aiding and abetting third-degree murder charges against three former Minneapolis police officers in the death of George Floyd.

Mayo Clinic has been sued by three female patients who say a former surgery resident viewed nude photographs of them in their medical records.