Our state’s economic good news is bad news for Minnesota bankruptcy lawyers. (See the linked chart for the promising or dispiriting numbers (depending on your perspective)).
The underlying facts of Sheeley v. City of Austin, et al., will never be known because there are conflicting eye witness accounts. But there are some basic circumstances about which all witnesses agreed. In late 2011, police officers were called to a home in Austin, Minnesota in response to a 911 call that someone in […]
We are quite confused these days as to what privacy is and how much we want it. If you are walking down the street and, unsolicited, your phone texts you that the widget that you have been shopping for is on sale, 50% off, at the store 20 feet away, you might find the technology “creepy” but you […]
Update (June10, 2015): New amendments to the court rules take effect on July 1. A few highlights: There must be “consecutive pagination” of all pages in affidavits and trial exhibits from start to finish. A declaration that a filing was submitted “under penalty of perjury” will suffice rather than notarization for many documents. The rules […]
I have written before about the fact that humans generally are not psychopaths or sociopaths but, on the other hand, we are universally capable of and guilty of evil or wrong-doing. It’s just a matter of degree. Our minds have at least two separate pathways to rationalize wrong-doing. I call one “the selfish recalibration of the […]
Update (June 3, 2015): Orono, Minnesota resident, Jay Nygard, appears to hold our legal system in high regard because he spends a fair amount of time voluntarily involved in it. But actually, it is possible that he holds both our legal and our political system in contempt because he seems to spend a lot of time attacking […]
In late 2013, David and Tiffany Gallagher sued U.S. Bank in Rice County District Court to stop the foreclosure on their home. U.S. Bank was able to remove the case to federal court based on federal diversity jurisdiction. Then U.S. Bank was able to have the case thrown out of court. In the mean time, […]
You’re on the road. You’re tired. It is time to check in somewhere, get a good night’s sleep, and start the drive fresh tomorrow morning. Is there ever a time when having a trusted brand is worth more than the roadside hotel (or restaurant)? The vast majority of prospective customers of “on-the-highway hotels” (or customers of “business hotels,” in contrast […]
I like to think that we are in a watershed moment, an inflection point, a time of irreversible change, where our society can and will address sexual violence and sexual abuse as it has never before. Horrific wrong-doing has taken place — is taking place — causing profound damage to the most innocent and the […]
Hennepin County District Court Judge Thomas S. Fraser is one of the best-known civil litigators (and now trial court judge) in Minnesota due to his 30-years of practice, his 25 years as a neutral, and his large role in the management of Fredrikson & Byron. Minnesota Litigator was delighted and honored to have the chance […]