It has been reported that Justice Nigel Teare, a High Court judge in England, allowed attorneys to serve a suit against a defendant via Facebook. The case involves two investment managers who claim that a brokerage firm and a former broker overcharged them. The lawyers were unable to track down the ex-broker and they did not […]
Although waiting periods of various duration for divorce exist in some states, many others – like Minnesota – currently have no waiting period. A recently-introduced bill seeks to change this by amending current law to add a two year waiting period for “contested dissolutions involving minor children.” This would substantially alter present law and re-insert […]
Update (February 23, 2012): Are an alleged sexual harasser’s (indeed, an alleged rapist’s) repeated (and deleted) visits to pornographic websites on the business’ computer relevant to claims against the alleged perpetrator and his employer in civil litigation (for sexual harassment)? Many would think so, and, this past week, so did U.S. Mag. Judge Janie S. […]
Update (February 23, 2012): Today, U.S. Mag. Judge Janie S. Mayeron quashed the subpoena that defense counsel sought in order to force the interrogation of plaintiff’s counsel, discussed below. Original Post (February 15, 2012): Every book is a triple story, the story in the book itself, the story of reading of the book, the story […]
U of M Professor of Sport Sociology and Director at the Tucker Center Mary Jo Kane spoke at the Feb/2012 Federal Bar Association luncheon on the overwhelming challenges faced by university athletic directors as a result of Title IX‘s mandate of “proportionality” between spending on men and women athletic programs. Prof. Kane spoke on this, […]
The Minnesota State Bar Association’s man in St. Paul, Bryan Lake, reports that “House Civil Law Committee laid over HF1865, The Minnesota Ski Safety Act, which sets forth duties and responsibilities for skiers and ski area operators, and limits the liability of ski area operators.” As with a great deal of legislation, it is so misleadingly […]
In a few years, apparently, computers will read our minds. We will command them with our thoughts. The only problem with that is that some among us would prefer that computers be smarter than us, not just as smart. Amazon, Google, Apple, and many other cutting edge high-tech companies have already thought of that. They boast that their […]
Ah, Valentine’s Day; a day for love and romance. But let’s say you have one too many glasses of wine (or shots of Jägermeister) and wake up with a splitting headache and a new spouse. What do you do now? Perhaps an annulment is in order. But before you breathe too easily, you need to […]
Generally, the focus in civil litigation of the public, of clients, and even of litigators is on “winning” or “losing” lawsuits. This is understandable. The drama of the culminating moment of the jury verdict is far too riveting not to be a focal point of the litigation process in the popular imagination. But in a […]
It was only a matter of time until some entity started pointing a finger at Fredrikson & Byron, the law firm that did a considerable amount of the legitimate work for Petters’ legitimate entities back in the day. The questions plaintiff will focus on, of course, are what did the law firm know about the illegitimate […]