Wednesday, June 12, 2013

June 7 was National Chocolate Ice Cream Day and in another month you can start celebrating National Ice Cream Month. According to the International Dairy Foods Assoc., vanilla is the #1 flavor, chocolate syrup the #1 topping, and sugar cone the #1 serving method. Even though I prefer mint chocolate chip with no topping and scooped into a cup, LND is serving up two ice-cream related stories in this week's edition. Bon appetit.

Minnesota Legal News

• Judge in Brodkorb case addresses confidential docs: Lacrosse Tribune
• Med mal defendants seek rehearing at Supreme Court: MinnLawyer Blog
• Appellate court affirms routing for local CapX2020 projects: Post Bulletin
• St. Louis County starts with 12 new workers for Affordable Care Act: Duluth News Tribune
• Rochester police chief to city council: Create consistent policy for fundraisers: Post Bulletin
• Plus: Commission OKs zoning changes; and Duluth regulates synthetic drug sales

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Bar and Association News

• Minnesota lawyers donate over $17 million in legal services: MSBA North Star Lawyers
• 2013 Legislative Session Recap: MSBA
• MSBA Names Three Newly Certified Civil Trial Law Specialists: MSBA Board Certified Law Specialists
• Special Election – Outstate Representative to the MSBA Council: MSBA Governance
• MSBA's Nine Days in June Heads Up North: MSBA - Nine Days in June
• MSBA Outstate Practice Section's Annual Meeting and Reception: MSBA Sections
• Plus: 2013 MDLA/MAJ CLE Seminar and Golf Tournament; and Health Law Institute 2013 Summer Term: Elder Law

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Legal Blogs

• You Face A U.S. Legal Problem. Where Should You Run? National Public Radio
• How Much Technology Do Lawyers Really Need to Know? My Shingle
• "I'm shocked—shocked—to find that surveillance is going on in here": Steptoe Cyberblog
• Nurses: Don't Strike, Sue: Trial Insider
• Law Firm Websites - Best Practices: Zen & The Art of Legal Networking
• Plus: Nestlé facing ice cream lawsuit from Clemmy's; and Things That Should Keep the Telehealth Community Awake at Night

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The Profession

• Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan retiring in January: MinnLawyer Blog
• Open judge position to stay in 8th District: Pope Country Tribune
• The Challenges Unique to LGBT Litigators: Lawyerist
• Advisory committee weighs in on judges' Facebook friendship: New & Insight
• Absolute Worst States for Job-Hunting Law-School Grads: The Atlantic
• My car, my office: Essential gadgets for the road warrior: PC World
• Plus: Lawyers rail at police response to Turkey protests; and Gender inequity in pay diminishes women's prospects—and the law profession

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National Legal News

• UK did not use PRISM to dodge British law, says Hague: Christian Science Monitor
• Death Sentence Reinstated in 1982 Triple Murder: Trial Insider
• Lawsuits over government surveillance languish: Associated Press
• Inmates In A Venezuelan Prison Build A World Of Their Own: National Public Radio
• Legendary Boston gang boss Whitey Bulger faces trial: USA Today
• Plus: Here's the ACLU's Lawsuit on NSA Surveillance; and Mother, daughter suing Burger King over ice cream cone

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