LGN attorney Rick Linsk was reappointed to a three-year term as a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch. The order by Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea was announced on November 20, 2018. Mr. Linsk practices civil litigation with LGN and previously was a newspaper journalist for 20-plus years.
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Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. and Synergetic Endeavors are excited to formally announce the launch of a new jointly-owned company, Primacy Strategy Group. The new firm will provide lobbying, regulatory, and public affairs services to clients throughout the Midwest region.
Primacy Strategy Group is a dynamic 50/50 partnership between Lockridge Grindal Nauen, a Minnesota-based state and federal lobbying team with offices in Minneapolis, MN, Bismarck, ND and Washington, D.C., and Synergetic Endeavors, a St. Paul-based consulting firm specializing in grassroots advocacy, public relations, association management, and event planning. Each firm will continue to serve their respective clients in Minnesota, but will join forces to provide a wider array of services as they expand throughout the Midwest.
Read moreIn this month’s Bench & Bar, LGN attorney Rick Linsk and Summer Associate Kasia Kokoszka explore the process and procedures the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education uses to approve or deny a course for CLE credit, as well as an unusual case where a course’s approval was revoked after the fact by the board due to its content. Read article.
Read moreIn this month’s Bench & Bar, LGN attorney Rick Linsk and Summer Associate Kasia Kokoszka explore the process and procedures the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education uses to approve or deny a course for CLE credit, as well as an unusual case where a course’s approval was revoked after the fact by the board due to its content. Read article.
Read moreAs part of LGN’s 40440 initiative, the firm’s Washington, DC-based Federal Relations team was joined by attorneys Karen Hanson Riebel, Heidi Silton, Anna Horning Nygren, and Simeon Morbey to deliver several bags of donated winter coats, hats, and gloves to Central Union Mission in our nation’s capitol.
Read moreCongratulations to LGN’s Environmental Law and Products Liability teams on being included on U.S. World & News Report and Best Lawyers annual rankings of “Best Law Firms”.
The 2019 rankings were based on more than 1,125,000 law firm assessments and over 107,000 client evaluations.
Read moreLGN partner Joe Bruckner was a session leader and presenter at the Cambridge Antitrust Litigation Forum on October 21-23, 2018. The Forum comprises 48 leading antitrust litigators from across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, each of whom is personally selected based on their expertise. Joe and others led a discussion of challenges facing antitrust litigants, antitrust policy developments, and emerging issues in competition law. Joe also serves on the Forum’s steering committee. More information here.
LGN partner Elizabeth Odette recently moderated a webinar panel for law students hosted by the ABA Antitrust Section. LGN partner Brian Clark also presented on drafting a complaint and case development as part of the webinar, which focused on what it is like to represent Plaintiffs in antitrust litigation. Event details here.
Read moreLGN partner Elizabeth Odette recently moderated a webinar panel for law students hosted by the ABA Antitrust Section. LGN partner Brian Clark also presented on drafting a complaint and case development as part of the webinar, which focused on what it is like to represent Plaintiffs in antitrust litigation. Event details here.
Read moreLGN Partner David Asp taught a two-day seminar on the topic “Addressing the Opioid Crisis in Indian Country” last week. The seminar, designed by Asp, focused on multiple aspects of the opioid crisis that affect tribal communities, including unique issues relating to tribal health care entities and programs addressing the crisis, litigation regarding the opioid crisis, and increased focused on the opioid crisis by federal prosecutors and regulators. The two-day seminar was sponsored by the Fallmouth Institute, and attended by tribal leaders from across the United States.
Read moreLGN Partner David Asp taught a two-day seminar on the topic “Addressing the Opioid Crisis in Indian Country” last week. The seminar, designed by Asp, focused on multiple aspects of the opioid crisis that affect tribal communities, including unique issues relating to tribal health care entities and programs addressing the crisis, litigation regarding the opioid crisis, and increased focused on the opioid crisis by federal prosecutors and regulators. The two-day seminar was sponsored by the Fallmouth Institute, and attended by tribal leaders from across the United States.
Read moreLockridge Grindal Nauen was proud to partner with our client, the Minnesota Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, to organize a Lieutenant Governor candidate forum on youth issues featuring the two nominees for Lieutenant Governor – Rep. Peggy Flanagan and Lt. Colonel Donna Bergstrom (USMC, retired). Thank you to both candidates for participating and Camille Williams of KARE11 for moderating!
Read moreLGN Partner Brian Clark led the 4th Annual Complex Litigation e-Discovery Forum (CLEF) last week at the Minneapolis Club. The event, which Clark co-founded in 2015, is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for complex-litigation attorneys to share experiences, and discuss lessons learned and best practices surrounding electronic discovery issues unique to the plaintiffs’ bar.
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