488 ABA Journal Minnesota articles.
After a hearing today over Sen. Larry Craig’s request to withdraw his guilty plea in a Minnesota restroom sex sting case, the judge is not expected to rule until next…
Sep 26, 2007 8:28 PM CDT
The ACLU has filed a supporting brief in Sen. Larry Craig’s effort to revoke his guilty plea to a disorderly conduct charge in a restroom sex sting.
The conviction violates…
Sep 18, 2007 12:29 AM CDT
An embattled Republican Senator from Idaho will get a hearing later this month on his request to withdraw his guilty plea to a disorderly conduct charge resulting from a Minnesota…
Sep 11, 2007 9:39 PM CDT
A recent Minnesota appeals court ruling could help Sen. Larry Craig in efforts to withdraw his guilty plea for disorderly conduct.
Craig’s lawyer has confirmed he will try to withdraw…
Sep 6, 2007 2:33 PM CDT
An Iowa judge will decide today whether to approve $75 million in attorney fees for two lawyers who settled a class action lawsuit against Microsoft for nearly $180 million.
Microsoft…
Aug 31, 2007 10:50 AM CDT
Legal experts are discussing the elements of a disorderly conduct conviction with the zeal one might expect of appellate attorneys conferring over a death penalty case, as the scandal over…
Aug 30, 2007 10:42 PM CDT
A U.S. senator who recently pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge that arose from a Minneapolis airport restroom sting operation is now recanting.
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) says…
Aug 29, 2007 12:42 AM CDT
A 37-year-old partner at Faegre & Benson in Minneapolis isn’t just a tough competitor at the table in corporate transactions. Keith Radtke battled a rifle-toting intruder who broke into his…
Aug 27, 2007 8:45 PM CDT
A Minnesota man who promised to pay for a neighbor to attend law school must ante up, a state appeals court has ruled.
Walter Fields is required to honor his…
Aug 23, 2007 10:36 PM CDT
High-profile firms in Minnesota are pooling together, offering to represent victims of the Aug. 1 Minneapolis interstate bridge collapse for free.
According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Big…
Aug 20, 2007 6:45 PM CDT
Defective construction components known as gusset plates may have helped cause last week’s bridge collapse in Minneapolis, raising concern about other bridges constructed with the same components nationwide.
Hundreds of…
Aug 9, 2007 9:34 PM CDT
Although it’s too early to know exactly what caused Wednesday’s horrific rush-hour collapse of the Interstate 35-W bridge in Minneapolis, fingers are pointing in various directions, and some are thinking…
Aug 3, 2007 7:50 PM CDT
Casual Comment Causes Commotion as Cops Converge on Confused Customer
Aug 1, 2007 8:34 AM CDT
A jury in Livingston, Mont., awarded nearly $6.7 million to the family of a 4-month-old who died when his car seat was ejected from his mother’s vehicle six years ago.
…Jul 26, 2007 3:31 PM CDT
Only a few years ago, Robert Weisberg seemingly was a successful Minneapolis personal lawyer and businessman.
Now, the 45-year-old has a newly shuttered newsstand chain business and an empty law…
Jul 23, 2007 7:30 PM CDT
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