If the State’s allegations are correct – that EMT Medical, Inc. of Arizona is selling a “virtually useless” product (purportedly an on-line medical information storage product) (and that is, of course, a very critical “IF”), the case is perhaps a “poster-child” for the appropriate role of “big government” to step into and regulate a market […]

Not that long ago, counsel for Medtronic stood before an Eighth Circuit appellate panel (Judges Loken, Melloy, Shepherd) to defend the judgment in its favor by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Kyle, Sr. (D. Minn.), which Minnesota Litigator covered here.  That was an appeal in the multi-district products liability cases against Medtronic. On May 12 […]

There is no doubt that notarizing a document in the absence of the person who signed it violates Minnesota law as to the duties of a notary.  Indeed, it is a criminal act (though a mere misdemeanor).   On the other hand, so is speeding. If someone admits to having signed a document but further […]

Fair Isaac’s trial against Experian, Transunion, and Equifax (the credit-reporting agencies that went in on a venture to have another consumer credit-worthiness scoring system other than Fair Isaac’s “FICO score), and against others (e.g., Vantage Score, the referenced “venture”), did not go well for Fair Isaac.   U.S. District Court Judge Ann Montgomery (D. Minn.) […]

[UPDATE:  Sr. U.S. District Court Judge David Doty (D. Minn.) granted Becwood’s request for an extension of time. 5/11/2010] Minnesota Litigator tries to cover developments in Minnesota civil litigation for the general public but obviously tends toward posts only a lawyer, and more particularly a Minnesota lawyer, would want to read.  Maybe only a Minnesota […]

Nearly two years ago, Medtronic and its outside patent litigation counsel, McDermott Will & Emery, were slammed by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Matsch (D. Colo.) with a attorneys’ fees sanction exceeding $4 million (covered here). Recently, that decision was reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  Interestingly, the appellate court […]

Here is the opinion.

There are very few litigants with the litigation budget of the U.S. Government.  The desire to ride on the government’s coattails, get a leg up, or benefit from “your tax dollars at work,” (pick you preferred metaphor) is understandable. On the other hand, the U.S. Government has its own concept of “the public interest,” which […]

What appears to be a simple and straightforward commercial dispute is well into its second year and, for the defendant, its third law firm, Nicollet Cattle Co. d/b/a Horizon International v. United Food Group (“UFG”), plaintiff alleges that UFG had agreed to purchase a substantial amount of meat but then meat prices fell through the […]

UPDATE: HERE is the Court’s order. Associated Press is reporting that Hennepin County District Court Judge Gary Larson will issue his ruling in the NFL players’ challenge to their four-game suspension under Minnesota laws tomorrow.