OK, disclaimer and a bit of promotion here. I just spent the better part of the last six weeks helping to put together the final technical pieces of Minnesota Legal Ethics, the MSBA’s first electronic book. It’s a doozy, for at least four reasons.
Enticing Offer of Insurance for New Attorneys
Some good news for new Minnesota attorneys who have opened a solo practice or are considering opening a new practice but are concerned about the cost of professional liability insurance. Minnesota Lawyers Mutual reps told us today that they are now offering a special professional liability insurance product to attorneys who graduated from law school …
Our 2010 List of Top 25 Minnesota Blawgs
Decided. The Top 25 Minnesota Blawgs, as selected by Practice Blawg editors. It’s a great list and a diverse crowd, from rural attorneys to big city bloggers, with posts covering courthouse fashion, virtual worlds, and the nitty-gritty details of court cases. There’s even a blog we can’t read without using Google translate. We’ve listed all …
Hennepin County E-Filing Now Open to All Firms
I posted last month about my impression of Hennepin County’s new e-filing pilot project (bottom line, I really liked it). I just received word from a spokesperson at the county that the project is now expanding to include all law firms for new civil cases in Hennepin County. Here’s the message I received: Here’s the kicker. …
Slow to Change? Try Real Risk of Sanctions
We posted last year about a hard lesson for an attorney who filed unsealed confidential information with the U.S. District Court in Minnesota. That time Judge Michael Davis doled out a $5,000 sanction in addition to requiring counsel to pay for credit reports and credit monitoring. This time, Judge Joan N. Ericksen was doling out …
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