A few years ago I picked up a book that, right on the cover, advertised itself as a “tour de force.” Guess what? I read it; I didn’t get it. While apparently an “exceptional achievement,” it eluded me. Nothing worse than feeling dumb. I felt the same way when I asked a more tech-savvy coworker …
Updated County Contacts List
Not all employees move on from their jobs like the Jet Blue flight attendant (swearing over the intercom, grabbing a beer, and going down an airplane escape slide) but alas, move on nonetheless. Hence the need to update the County Contacts list for medical assistance which we originally posted in June 2009. In some county …
Heads Up: New Legislation Effective August 1
In addition to being National Raspberry Cream Pie Day and the birthdays of Dom DeLuise and Francis Scott Key, August 1 is the effective date of several new Minnesota laws. The Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Service has information on 2010 legislation and specifically on laws with August 1 effective dates. The 2010 Session Laws …
Final Reminder, and Complications, of New Civil Summons
Tomorrow is the big day, that is, July 1, the effective date of the amendments to the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure. In an earlier blog post, Greg discussed the big change to the Summons. He posted again when it was available on practicelaw and also explained why practicelaw was not preparing a similarly new …
Slices of Life and Law from the Police Blotter
When I was growing up, a man in my hometown wrote a letter to the editor of the local paper just about every week. He addressed various topics but the general thread was that civilized society was a hairsbreadth away from melting down. The reason cited was usually some snippet he spotted in the previous …