Over at the St Cloud blog we spent July looking at the Minnesota Child Victims Act. It is now a year old and has two more years to go. The Minneapolis Tribune took time for the anniversary to look at how it is going. The…
The Minneapolis Tribune had an interesting article in the middle of May covering the issue of practice lockdowns. It is a procedure the school uses in order to practice what will happen if there is an emergency of a tragic nature like we have seen…
We have been helping clients with expungement work for years. Unfortunately, for a little while about the only advice we could give clients was to save their money. There was some big questions that were raised about what could be down and if an expungement…
There was a recent great announcement from the Minnesota courts: Case Documents Now Viewable on Courthouse Terminals Members of the public are now able to view case documents on public access terminals in all Minnesota state courthouses, regardless of which district court the documents were…
St. Patrick’s Day can seem like an invitation to excessive drinking. It’s important that those choices not include driving while drunk. A University of Pennsylvania study showed that on St. Patrick’s Day, there are 23% more accidents resulting in death or serious injury. National Highway…
The past two elections cycles have seen bills all over the country concerning the idea of preventing voter fraud. While on their face they seem pro-consumer, I mean who could want fraud? The reality is that the proof continues to mount that these were…
In a recent case, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that a person operating a “Segway” electric personal assistive mobility device is not a driver of a motor vehicle and is not, therefore, subject to the prohibitions of the Minnesota Impaired Driving Code. In State…
With the passage of the Child Victims Act, survivors who were sexually abused as children now have an open window in Minnesota to bring classes that have been previously barred by the statute of limitations. It will be important that every person who was abused,…