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Construction law: updated indemnification and wage theft rule
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Jevon Bindman, Anna Barton, and Carly Johnson
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Oct 01, 2023
The 2023 legislative session spelled many changes for the construction industry, from deeming indemnification agreements in connection with public improvements unenforceable to creating upstream liability for contractors and potentially owners when subcontractors engage in wage theft.
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Construction Law
Hail the departing chief: Gildea’s legacy includes 13 cases for 13 years
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Cathy E. Gorlin and Marshall H. Tanick
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Oct 01, 2023
There will be a new look at the Minnesota Supreme Court this fall due to the October retirement of Chief Justice Lorie Gildea after 13-plus years at the helm.
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Judges
Courts
From 0 to HF100: Legal cannabis comes to Minnesota
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Jared M. Reams & Rachel S. Kurth
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Sep 01, 2023
Gov. Tim Walz signed HF100 on May 30, 2023, after a nearly six-month journey through numerous committees and revised engrossments in the Minnesota House and Senate, making Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize recreational-use cannabis.
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Legislation
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Understanding expungement under the new cannabis law
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Dea Cortney & Samuel Edmunds
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Sep 01, 2023
Some, but not all, expungements will occur automatically.
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Criminal Law
Cannabis
In the weeds: Firearm ownership, cannabis, and the hemp exception
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AARON EDWARD BROWN
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Sep 01, 2023
There’s a cannabis-related absurdity in federal firearms law.
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Legislation
Cannabis
Why are we using race and gender tables to set tort damages in 2023?
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Sep 01, 2023
The Legislature is the likeliest source of change.
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Tort Law
Public access, private lives
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Michael P. Boulette, Seungwon R. Chung, and Abby N. Sunberg
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Aug 02, 2023
In Minnesota most divorce records are public documents, accessible to anyone with an internet connection. That’s a problem.
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Divorce
Courts
Minnesota reforms law to ban (almost) all noncompete agreements
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George H. Singer
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Aug 02, 2023
This year Minnesota became the first state in 100 years to ban the widely used but controversial agreements.
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Employment Law
Minnesota endorses nonsolicitation agreements
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V. John Ella
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Aug 02, 2023
With noncompetes a thing of the past, time to get familiar with nonsolicitation agreements.
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Employment Law
MEPA at 50
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MICHAEL DAMASCO
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Aug 02, 2023
Refocusing the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act through an environmental justice lens
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Environment and Natural Resources Law
Prosecuting War Crimes in Ukraine
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ELLEN J. KENNEDY
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Aug 02, 2023
The worst crimes in the world are known as the four core international crimes: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression. Although these terms are used widely in the news, especially in reference to crimes occurring in today’s war in Ukraine, distinctions between them are not widely known.
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Paul Floyd: The artful lawyer
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Jul 05, 2023
As a rule, clients want their attorneys to be competent, learned, persistent—but artistic? For Paul Floyd, practicing art as a discipline has been a part of his life since around 2009, or about a third of the time he’s been a practicing lawyer.
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Art
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MSBA President 2023-24: Paul Floyd, bridge builder
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Amy Lindgren
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Jul 05, 2023
If you ask Paul Floyd how he sees himself, the response won’t be glib or simple.
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Profiles
President
Federal courts open the gates to Minnesota punitive-damages claims
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Nick Bullard and Luke Wetterstrom
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Jul 05, 2023
The threat of punitive damages is a game-changer in civil litigation. It ratchets up the financial stakes and imperils the defendant’s reputation—often creating intense pressure to settle. Get ready for more of this game-changer in federal court, thanks to a recent shift in case law.
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Civil Litigation
2023 MN Legislative Session Review
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Bryan Lake
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Jul 05, 2023
Partisan divisions, few compromises, limited accomplishments: These were the essential elements of every Minnesota legislative session recap from 2015 through 2022. During those years neither major political party had simultaneous control of the House, Senate, and governor’s office—the trifecta, as it is known—and, predictably, the divisions in government caused constant gridlock.
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Exchange: Letter to the editor from MN County Attorneys Association regarding “Getting Serious About Prosecutorial Misconduct” by Barry Edwards and Stacy Bettison
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Robert M. Small
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May 30, 2023
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We need to talk about ChatGPT
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Damien Riehl
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May 24, 2023
The ascendence of advanced large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 and ChatGPT have sparked conversations about the future of the legal profession and how these AI-driven systems might help remedy some of the profession’s less-favorable aspects.
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Legal Writing
Technology
Textbooks and Toddlers: Returning to law school as a parent
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OLIVIA LIZ-FONTS
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May 24, 2023
Most would say that the perfect time to pursue law school is straight after graduating college. For me, it was after having my two children.
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Law School
Watch your abbreviations
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IAN LEWENSTEIN
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May 24, 2023
Used without limits, abbreviations reveal their secret life as an insidious form of jargon, serving as insider shorthand to the detriment of readers unfamiliar with this ABC lingo. Certain abbreviations—specifically, initialisms—are also confusing, distracting, and, as you’ll see, usually unnecessary.
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Legal Writing
U.S. immigration strategies for employers in a tight labor market
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Calleigh M. McRaith, Misti A. Binsfeld, and Robert P. Webber
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May 24, 2023
In what seems to be an effort to facilitate options for foreign nationals and employers, the Biden administration has quietly rolled out some relatively obscure policy changes. Employers, however, may be unaware of immigration options (including these relatively new options) that can help address labor shortages. The purpose of this article is to highlight a few strategies.
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Immigration Law
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