As Republicans appear to be positioned to make significant gains in today’s election, which is expected to draw a large turnout, some Tea Party voters may have a decision to…
Long regarded as a leader in campaign finance reform, Minnesota until this year had some of the nation’s toughest laws on political spending by corporations. With the federal government and…
A Minneapolis lawyer in line to become president of the Minnesota State Bar Association has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for sexually assaulting a teen boy who was…
Apparently blaming a local Minnesota prosecutor who happened to be his neighbor for his latest criminal conviction, John Stephen Woodward at first made legal ethics complaints against Dakota County Attorney…
Updated: A Minnesota lawyer has been sentenced to two days in jail for snorting cocaine in the Winona County Courthouse while defending a client in a terroristic threats trial.
A University of Minnesota law student hopes his new-found fame from blogging about the divorce between Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his wife, Jamie, will help him find a job…
New lawyers having trouble with their job search may want to consider practice in rural America, where they are more likely to see the inside of a courtroom and less…
A new law firm with offices in Minneapolis, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., will focus on issues related to electronic discovery, privacy and data retention.
Survivors and families of victims killed in the 35-W bridge collapse in Minneapolis have reached a settlement of more than $48 million with the engineering company…
Public defenders throughout Minnesota are struggling with hefty caseloads, slowing down the justice system and potentially failing their clients because they are stretched too thin.
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