If you have any interest in consumer fraud litigation in Minnesota you need to know about this case.  An appeal of a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision favorable to the plaintiffs’ class is pending before the Minnesota Supreme Court. If allowed to stand, it is the end of the world as we know it, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce brief. If reversed, the Minnesota Supreme Court will impair a critical tool, devised by the Minnesota l… Continue reading →

Minnesota Litigator can say without fear of contradiction or controversy that anyone who has worked over the years with Bill Wernz has been fortunate to have had that pleasure and privilege. Now all Minnesota lawyers (and any one else) can benefit from Bill’s life work: legal ethics in Minnesota. … Continue reading →

As the Minnesota court system continues to struggle to handle its caseload on a seemingly ever-shrinking (or at best stagnant) budget, those in the system and running the system are relentlessly looking for cost savings. Recognizing that the problems are complex, recognizing that the Minnesota court system, like other public and private institutions throughout our state and country, are simply dealing with a dramatic economic downturn that, in t… Continue reading →

The ramifications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission have been discussed a great deal over the past several weeks (for example, here), having been finally decided on 1/21/10. And it has not taken long for the case to make its initial splash into Minnesota election law.  Today, the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce (located in Ramsey County) filed suit against Ramsey County Attorney (and aspiring Democrat… Continue reading →

Were you sold a flare root injection regimen for a treasured oak or multiple oaks on your property to prevent oak wilt disease, only to have your tree die from oak wilt notwithstanding the hundreds of dollars (or more) spent on flare root injection? One label on branded propiconazole says,  “Preventive application is more effective than therapeutic treatment.”  Some companies that “administer” the flare root injections d… Continue reading →

…rm or illness? As a first line of defense, pharmaceuticals and device manufacturers seek protection under federal regulation but there are ways for such manufacturers to game that system (by promoting, for example, “off label” uses or, theoretically, by duping federal regulators by other means (i.e., concealing or distorting data as to efficacy or side effects)). So the FDA may afford medical companies some protection, but that protec… Continue reading →

Hockey is to Minnesota like oil is to Texas, a valuable natural resource for the state.  Mining for hockey players, as opposed to oil, is a somewhat different process although, as every aspiring competitor knows, drilling is very much part of both processes. Money is too. This may be at the root of the intense competition for intense competitors that has made its way to U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in the form of an antitrus… Continue reading →

Update (May 25, 2011):  Note also Gray Plant Mooty’s “entreview” blog, a blog about entrepreneurship started in March. In late 2010, Greg Luce and the Minnesota State Bar Association put out their list of “top 25 Minnesota law blogs” (which they call “blawgs” and, among which, they included Minnesota Litigator, naturally (“a gem of a blog”)).   The list of Minnesota legal blogs, in the mean t… Continue reading →