3M – Minnesota Lawyer

Jun 20, 2025

3M sues black lung attorneys over alleged RICO scheme

Maplewood-based 3M has filed a federal lawsuit against three attorneys representing former coal miners who have black lung disease.

Jun 5, 2025

3M must face pregnancy bias suit, appeals court says

The Minnesota Court of Appeals reinstates a pregnancy discrimination suit against 3M, ruling a jury could find bias in the timing of the employee’s firing.

Jun 17, 2015

Klobuchar pitches patent reform to Minnesota businesses

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar stopped in her home state Monday to rally business leaders around patent reform legislation designed to insulate Minnesota’s Fortune 500 companies and its mom-and-pop shops from frivolous lawsuits.

Jun 25, 2014

First enrollee lawsuit filed against MNsure

A Cottage Grove man is suing for $2,127 after he claims his initial application was wrongfully denied.

May 21, 2014

Feds aim for efficiency in Gateway Corridor reviews

The proposed 12-mile bus rapid transit or light rail line between downtown St. Paul and Woodbury is among 11 projects tapped by the Obama administration to be part of a program to increase coordination among the federal agencies that oversee major infrastructure projects.

May 1, 2013

Tax legislation has ‘added complexity’ to plans for 3M building

Maplewood officials expect 3M Co. to pull a permit as soon as this week to construct a $150 million research building on its headquarters campus. But they say actions in the Legislature have sent them back to the drawing board when it comes to providing economic development incentives for the project.

Jul 14, 2010

PCA whistleblower has paid a steep price

When the news broke last month that the state and 3M are in settlement talks over damage to natural resources caused by contamination from perfluorochemicals produced by the Minnesota-based manufacturing giant, Fardin Oliaei was paying close attention.