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Garner garners laughs at MSBA convention
Legal writing expert Bryan Garner amused a room full of attorneys yesterday at the final day of the MSBA’s “Nine Days in June” convention.
Garner’s presentation — “Humorous Examples of Legal Writing” — had pretty much everyone in the room laughing out loud (including Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Christopher Dietzen, who was sitting next to…
Last Call: Statewide Bar Convention Finale is Tonight
I was just over at Target Field at the Statewide Bar Convention and the set up. It’ll be a beautiful evening tonight for the venue — and I would encourage all our readers to attend the President’s Reception. Good food, good drink, good company at one of the best-looking parks in the Major League — what else could…
Kidwell not a whistleblower
The long-awaited decision of Kidwell v. Sybaritic came down from the Supreme Court this morning, and the news wasn’t good for Brian Kidwell. Kidwell was terminated from his job as in-house counsel at Sybaritic after sending an e-mail to company officials calling attention to alleged discovery violations that company committed. He sued under state whistleblowing law and was awarded $197,000 in…
Last chance: Tomorrow wraps up ‘Nine Days in June’
Finders v. Keepers
From the only in Minnesota department. The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled this week that a man has the right to keep a dead bear that he found on his property after the state Department of Natural Resources confiscated the beast originally. (story here)
In an 11-page decision, the court ruled, that state law…
NYT on the ‘Lake Wobegon’ effect at some law schools
A piece in the New York Times (“Law schools visit Lake Wobegon”) discusses a growing national trend among law schools – grade inflation. In the hyper-competitive job market, average grades at anything other than an elite law school likely mean a law grad will spend about as long in the job market as…
Judge Gerald Heaney dies at age 92
Our condolences to the family and friends of Judge Gerald Heaney, who died yesterday at the age of 92. A Star Tribune article about him is available here.
Voluntary unpaid leave to be implemented in 3rd Judicial District
Chief Judge Robert Benson of the 3rd District announced today at the MSBA convention in Rochester that the judges this morning agreed to call for the taking of voluntary unpaid leave by court personnel as a cost-reducing measure.
“These are sad times,” he told attendees.
The district also plans to continue its reduced use of…