The Georgia peanut plant linked to an outbreak of salmonella sold its products despite a dozen internal tests over the last two years that indicated contamination with the disease, according…
A Minnesota attorney’s courthouse behavior yesterday in the midst of a client’s trial in a terroristic threats case reportedly led to an immediate investigation and the lawyer’s arrest on felony…
Lawyers at the Minneapolis firm Parsinen Kaplan Rosberg and Gotlieb have found a unique gift for clients, a “Little Black Book” of favorites, everything…
The world’s biggest retailer has agreed to settle for $54.3 million a wage-and-hour suit brought in Minnesota on behalf of 100,000 or so workers there who say they were required…
A disbarred New York lawyer and TV commentator who lost her gambling addiction lawsuit has been arraigned on charges that she looted the escrow accounts of several clients, failing to…
A law school known for its focus on real-world legal education has launched a new research center that will explore what lawyers do and why clients hire them.
A federal judge in Minneapolis has granted a new trial for a woman ordered to pay $222,000 in damages for illegally sharing 24 copyrighted songs on Kazaa.
For the past decade or so, Howard Kieffer has reportedly represented clients in federal cases in 10 states. The problem is, he reportedly wasn’t properly licensed to practice law in…
A Minnesota judge has been accused by a state disciplinary body of referring at least 19 divorce mediation cases to his personal attorney, in exchange for a $64,000 discount on…
Should male lawyers and law students in courthouses refrain from wearing earrings? A career adviser from the University of Minnesota Law School is advising caution.
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