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Capitol Retort: Masks off; sine d’oh!; okey toke
Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.
Aiding escape doesn’t call for predator tag, justices rule
A woman who drove her husband to Ohio to escape arrest after he held several laundry workers hostage is not required to register as a predatory offfender, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled.
Police reforms: What’s being considered?
There has been intense pressure to, once again, pass police-policy reform. The House is fully on board with such proposals. But with one minor exception, the Senate is not.
Bar Buzz: Justices disbar lawyer for squandering trust money
The Minnesota Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney for engaging in a self-dealing scheme that funneled funds from a client’s trust into five start-up businesses that never made any money.
In the Hopper: Catching up with floor action at Legislature
There has been a flurry of floor activity in the House and Senate over the last few weeks, so it seems a good time to catch up on some bills that might interest lawyers.
Court: Reply commences civil lawsuit
A breach-of-contract civil suit commenced as soon as the appellant answered the original summons, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled. That’s true even though the appellant failed to return an acknowledgment-of-service form.
Capitol Retort: Cop accountability; up in smoke; kid dreams
Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.
America’s frontier justice
University of Minnesota Law School Professor Michael Tonry hopes the book he is writing will offer a new account of the forces that have made the American justice system “systematically unjust, unprecedentedly severe and largely indifferent to defendants’ and offenders’ human dignity.”
Conference committee off to rocky start
Foreshadowing friction likely to be repeated over the coming days, racial tensions went briefly but fully on display Monday, as virtual public safety-judiciary conference committee hearings launched.
Bar Buzz: Dayton Klein replaces Fraser on Hennepin County bench
Julia Dayton Klein is Hennepin County’s new District Court judge. The governor’s office announced her appointment on April 28.
Bar Buzz: Law School honors Walter Mondale
The University of Minnesota School of Law is honoring one of its most distinguished alumni, both in physical space and online.
Conference committee lined up
A start date for the joint House-Senate judiciary and public safety committee hearing has finally been set. It begins Monday, May 3, at 9 a.m.
Top News
- Qualified immunity shields airport officer in mistaken detaining
- Justices order use of digital exhibit system
- Eric Holder to speak about civility at Mitchell Hamline
- Dissent: 1st Circuit summary judgment ‘flipped script’ on flight attendant
- AI shakes up med-mal law
- Past representation supports decision to disqualify lawyer, appeals court says
- Minnesota Lawyer honors outstanding women in law
Expert Testimony
- Perspectives: ‘Harmless error’ rulings hurt defendants
- Commentary: Science and the courts: Expertise overruled
- Perspectives: Varied vicarious views here and in Virginia
- Quandaries & Quagmires: Hot issues in risk management, ethics as of September 2024
