by Kevin Featherly | Sep 24, 2021 | Features, Sound-Off
Col. Matt Langer, the chief of the Minnesota State Patrol, testifies before a Senate panel in July 2020. (Photo: Kevin Featherly) This week’s topics: Deleted messages; brain drain; half in doubt Welcome to Session/Law Sound-off, the weekly current...
by Barbara L. Jones | Sep 23, 2021 | Lawyers, MN Courts, Premium
A divided Supreme Court Wednesday revived a case of a resort worker who died after falling down what her estate claims were fatally flawed stairs, reversing a summary judgment for the resort and its owner. Sorry, but if you are not a Session/Law member, you are not...
by Kevin Featherly | Sep 22, 2021 | Legislature, MN Capitol, News
The Data Practices Commission’s newly elected chair, Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn, DFL-Roseville, presides over her first hearing Tuesday. (Image courtesy Legislative Coordinating Commission) Panel tackles deleted trooper emails, ‘neurodata’ rights while...
by Barbara L. Jones | Sep 21, 2021 | Lawyers, News, US Courts
Stock photo: Quintin Gellar, Pexels Judge: Even after issues resolved, acrimony kept insurance spat alive, lawyers thriving Occasionally, it’s time to gather your things and go home. That’s not a popular litigation stance, but neither is waiting for a...
by Kevin Featherly | Sep 20, 2021 | Features, Premium, The Agenda
Featured this week: The DFL caucus last week elected Sen. Melisa López Franzen, DFL-Edina, to her party’s top Senate leadership post. In a brief Q&A interview, she shares her thoughts on what her ascension means. Sorry, but if you are not a Session/Law member, you...