Wednesday, June 24, 2009

With the annual MSBA convention starting in Duluth tonight, we learn more about the new incoming MSBA President, plus local stories on the ongoing legal saga of Denny Hecker, an invasion of privacy decision involving MySpace in the Court of Appeals, and the cost of the election contest in lawyer fees. Also, with this issue, we return to our bi-weekly summer schedule, with the next issue out in two weeks. Have a great Fourth of July holiday!

Minnesota Legal News

• Meet the Incoming MSBA President: Minnesota Lawyer
• Kaplan is Named Envoy to Morocco : Star Tribune
• GOP Spent $900,000 to Help Coleman Pay Legal Bills: Star Tribune
• Hecker, Firms Are Accused of Fraud: Star Tribune
• ‘What Would Jesus Do?’ at Heart of Minnesota Lawsuit: Minnesota Independent
• Court: Invasion of Privacy Doesn't Require Large Audience: Minnesota Public Radio
• Plus a Felonious Minneapolis Feline, Support for Coleman for U.S. Supreme Court Appeal, Erlinder Won't be Allowed to Represent Warsame, and Request to Take Back Control of Son's Cancer Treatments Denied

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Bar and Association News

• Reception and Briefing on Judicial Impartiality in Minnesota: Minnesotans for Impartial Courts
• Supreme Court Promulgates Amendments to the Rules of Juvenile Protection and the Rules of Adoption Procedures: Minnesota Supreme Court
• Supreme Court Welcomes Comments on Proposed Lawyer Registration Rules Amendments: Minnesota Supreme Court
• LinkedIn for Minnesota Lawyers: Lawyers on LinkedIn

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Legal Blogs

• An Important Minnesota Ruling on Invasion of Privacy: Minnesota Litigator
• Parsinen Becoming Barnes & Thornburg: MinnLawyer Blog
• Questionable Defense of the Month: “I Signed the Contract in the Wrong Place”: Adams Drafting
• Effective Date for Affidavit of Collection is August 1: Minnesota Estate Law
• Facebook Ethics: It’s Not About Facebook: Lawyerist
• Plus Court to Rule on Sex Offender Law, New York Launches Interactive Forms for the Public and PACER Is Out of Pace

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The Profession

• Veering Off Law Firm Career Path May Be the Way to Go for Some: The Legal Intelligencer
• Crafting a More Effective Keyword Search: Law Technology News
• Deferred Associates as Clerks: Ethically Questionable?: The American Lawyer
• Plus Holocaust Victims' Lawyer Disbarred for Trust-Fund Dipping and Law Firms Feeling Less Grim About the Future

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National Legal News

• When Food Sickens, He Heads for Courthouse: Star Tribune
• Court Affirms Reimbursement for Special Education: New York Times
• Bucking Victim 'Fury,' Madoff Seeks 12-Year Sentence: New York Law Journal
• Justices Say Waste Can Be Dumped in Lake: New York Times
• Sotomayor, Word by Word: The National Law Journal
• New Protections for Transgender Federal Workers: New York Times
• Plus Voting Rights Ruling Prompts a Mixed Response

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