The MidCountry v. Krueger et al. case is critical reading for those who need to examine title to property in Minnesota or determine the priority of secured creditors. The case was described previously on Minnesota Litigator here, a post last November when Minnesota Litigator predicted affirmance of the Court of Appeals. This week, the prediction […]
Minnesota Litigator has no experience with workers’ compensation law but understands the system essentially provides no-fault insurance for work-place injuries with the employer’s works-comp insurance taking the premiums, paying out the claims, and being subrogated to any workers’ claims against third-party tort-feasors. (Readers are invited to clarify, correct, show off expertise in the comments!) In […]
This week U.S. District Court Judge John R. Tunheim set on cross-motions for summary judgment for July 6, at 10:30 a.m. in this high profile and tragic case of murder and a home security alarm system that failed to avert the nightmare scenario. The parties’ briefs are here and here. As one would expect, the […]
At the risk of repetition, again Minnesota Litigator highlights how Minnesota civil litigation is changing (in the federal courts, anyhow) thanks to recent U.S. Supreme Court cases, widely known as Twombly and Iqbal (previous Minnesota Litigator posts touching on the cases are here). One area where Minnesota Litigator, as counsel for the FDIC, learned firsthand […]
Two off-shore investment funds (incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, with principal place of business in Connecticut) sued hedge fund defendants and PricewaterhouseCoopers (as outside auditor to the hedge funds) (Minnesota, Delaware and Bermuda citizens) in connection with plaintiffs’ losses from the hedge funds, which, in turn, suffered losses due to their investments in the […]
Given the importance and the complexity of the basic question, “Where did the money go?” it makes sense that the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers, primarily responsible for the task of tracking the money in the aftermath of the Petters Ponzi scheme and its collapse, has the disproportionate share of the most recent grants […]
U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank has rejected a handful of motions brought by the defendants in this First Amendment Establishment Clause case brought by by the American Civil Liberties Union (represented pro bono by Dorsey & Whitney, led by Peter Lancaster). (The case has been repeatedly covered by Minnesota Litigator (here)). Defendants brought a […]
Apparently the hearing on the confirmation of U.S. Mag. Judge Susan Richard Nelson to the United States District Court to the District of Minnesota is to be webcast tomorrow. It seems hard to imagine that there will be any meaningful opposition to Judge Nelson’s confirmation. There does not appear to have been any opposition to […]
Today’s luncheon presentation began with a presentation to the out-going Chief Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals, James B. Loken, honoring his tenure. Judge Riley began his presentation with signature modesty suggesting that his early effort as Chief Judge was “just trying to get through each day and not mess up.” He moved quickly on […]
Governor Pawlenty appoints Lori Skjerven Gildea as Chief Judge, appoints University of Minnesota law professor David Stras to fill the seat vacated by Eric Magnuson. (Who is David Stras?) Also, the Court issued several opinions, including Dykes Farms v. Sukup Manufacturing, a case about the scope of settlement agreements, covered previously in Minnesota Litigator here […]