Just about everyone realizes that dogs can injure people. And, let’s face it, most of us probably remember that mean dog we used to go out of our way to avoid on the walk home from school. Potential liability is just part of the package that goes with having a canine companion. Just how far, however, does […]
Just in case you were considering hurling some poop or other fluids on Officer Krupke, as a public service, Minnesota Litigator would like to make sure Minnesotans are aware that this is a crime EVEN IF YOU ARE DRUNK.
Regular readers of Minnesota Litigator will be familiar with the ADT vs. Swenson, et al. lawsuit pending before U.S. District Court Judge John R. Tunheim (D. Minn.). To remind regular readers and introduce new readers to the case, the tragedy is set out below in some detail. The question many readers may ponder, after having […]
Update: (If this lawsuit were a boxing match, are we at the point when spectators sypmathetically wince and/or turn away?) Original Post (August 3, 2011): Regular readers of Minnesota Litigator will be very familiar with the legal malpractice case that Michael Afremov has been fighting against the New Hampshire law firm of Sulloway & Hollis […]
New Minnesota Litigator Contributor, Sara Peterson, posts the following about the BWCA/ATT case (previously covered on ML here): On Wednesday, Hennepin County District Court Judge Phillip Bush issued his highly anticipated decision in State of Minnesota, by Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, Case No. 27-CV-10-15150 (Aug. 3, 2011) (hereinafter “FBWW”). […]
Minnesota Litigator is delighted to announce its newest Guest Poster: Sara Peterson. Sara is a Minnesota lawyer with eleven years of experience on environmental and regulatory matters in a range of litigation, administrative and transactional contexts. Following ten years with a large Minneapolis firm, Sara founded Parkway Law LLC in April 2011. She continues to […]
When do employers have to pay for the intentional wrong doing of employees? When should employers be subject to punitive damages for alleged wrong-doing of an employee? (A related recent post, by the way, is here.) Thanks to ML Guest Poster/Contributor Employment Attorney T.J. Conley for the following commentary: A decision last week by U.S. Magistrate Judge […]
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi (“RKMC”) patent litigators, Ron Schutz, Jake Holdreith, Cy Morton and an accompanying a small team of RKMC associates and RKMC support staff went toe-to-toe in a jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas for Personal Audio LLC in a patent infringement lawsuit against a little company called Apple, Inc., […]
If your spouse cheated on his or her taxes and you had no idea, the IRS has made it a little easier for you to avoid tax liability.
Professional lenders (commonly known as “banks”) have long understood that there can be a wide and deep chasm between being owed money and being paid money owed. They therefore structure loan transactions in many different ways to construct high-speed railroad bridges, if you will, to clear the gorges as quickly and as cheaply as possible […]