487 ABA Journal Minnesota articles.
Nov 14, 2019 10:22 AM CST
A federal judge in Minneapolis scolded a suspended lawyer for his abuse of trust as she sentenced him Friday to 14 years in prison for a scheme to sue porn…
Jun 17, 2019 9:11 AM CDT
Prosecutors in Michigan have dropped all pending criminal charges against officials accused in connection with the leaching of lead into the water supply in Flint.
Prosecutors said they dropped the…
Jun 14, 2019 10:26 AM CDT
May 6, 2019 12:07 PM CDT
A Minnesota judge has not only complained about the weather—he decided to do something about it.
In a March 7 order, Judge Kevin Burke issued an injunction barring any…
Mar 11, 2019 10:40 AM CDT
The estate of the late recording artist and actor Prince is suing an Englewood, New Jersey-based domain broker for cybersquatting the prince.com website.
Filed last Wednesday in the U.S. District…
Jul 30, 2018 12:45 PM CDT
A Minnesota law that invalidated beneficiary designations to spouses after a divorce does not violate the contracts clause when applied to a policy purchased before the law’s enactment, the U.S.…
Jun 11, 2018 11:40 AM CDT
A divided Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that the Fourth Amendment protects driveways from warrantless searches, Minnesota Public Radio has reported.
Wednesday’s ruling upholds an intermediate court’s decision…
Mar 15, 2018 4:09 PM CDT
Lawyerist, an online blog and publisher, announced a new path for the company, which will now focus on helping small and solo firms build a community and improve their…
Mar 6, 2018 5:00 PM CST
Updated: Nine more nominees for federal judgeships were announced Tuesday by the White House.
The newest wave of nominees are:
• Mark Bennett, former attorney general of Hawaii, to…
Feb 13, 2018 4:00 PM CST
In 2010, Cindy Stubbs was nearing the end of a 14-year sentence in a South Carolina prison, determined never to return. A mother of four, locked up on gun and…
Jan 18, 2018 1:25 PM CST
Sep 15, 2017 3:35 PM CDT
A person in Minnesota can be guilty of motor vehicle theft even if he doesn’t move the vehicle, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled.
The court ruled against Somsalao Thonesavanh,…
Sep 11, 2017 8:00 AM CDT
U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., has announced he will oppose the nomination of Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras to the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Franken…
Sep 6, 2017 11:05 AM CDT
The private prisoner transport company whose van was stolen by two inmates last week in Oklahoma — precipitating a national manhunt that remains underway — may be feeling a sense…
Sep 1, 2017 7:00 AM CDT
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