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The Minnesota Supreme Court just reaffirmed a longstanding legal principle that helps to promote workplace fairness for all. In Sanchez v. Dahlke Sales, Inc., the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the anti-retaliation protections under the State wor… Read More

The Supreme Court has ruled that local governments have the right to sue banks for civil rights violations against, for example, city residents. In Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami, the Supreme Court held that the City of Miami may continue to… Read More

Employees and other plaintiffs tended to have difficulty succeeding before the Minnesota Supreme Court in the past. That trend appears to be changing, as reflected by two recent decisions that should have significance well beyond the cases themselves… Read More

Counties, cities, towns, and other local governmental units across the country have been leaders in developing public policies that expand civil rights and otherwise promote the public interest. Minneapolis and St. Paul have both exemplified this tre… Read More

In a per curiam decision, State of Washington, et al. v. Trump, et al., a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently and unanimously affirmed a landmark ruling against the Trump Administration’s travel ban concerning people from certain n… Read More

One of the most recognized corporate actors nationally and internationally, McDonald’s, Inc., has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle a class action wage case concerning the conduct of a McDonald’s, Inc. franchisee. This result is groundbre… Read More

The Center for Privacy & Technology at Georgetown University Law Center recently issued a report, “The Perpetual Line-Up,” which determined that half of the nation’s adults are in at least one facial-recognition database used by police or o… Read More

There has been an evident effort to restrict voting rights in recent years. This development has been led largely by the American Legislative Exchange Council (“ALEC”). As discussed previously here, ALEC consists of corporate executives and right… Read More