MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison can cite the “common-interest doctrine” to shield communications with outside parties involved in climate litigation, the state’s highest court ruled, reversing an appeals court decision that would have made public Ellison’s conversations with other state AGs and private organizations.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Biden Administration has quietly tapped a University of Minnesota (UMN) law professor with controversial ties to the Office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for a key litigation role at the Department of Energy.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - The Minnesota Attorney General race is heating up after all three Republican candidates announced they would immediately fire two Special Assistants Attorneys General (SAAGs) currently serving under Democrat Attorney General Keith Ellison.
ST. PAUL (Legal Newsline) - The Minnesota State Senate on Wednesday advanced a bill designed to limit the hiring by the Attorney General’s office of outside attorneys who could be politically motivated by the nonprofits and agencies that provide them.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments last Wednesday in a lawsuit alleging that the office of State Attorney General Keith Ellison improperly concealed from the public communications with out-of-state climate activists and AG offices.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - A nonprofit government watchdog organization has filed an amicus brief against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for his refusal to release records pertaining to communications between his office and other states.
MARSHALL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - A government watchdog organization has filed suit against Minnesota Attorney General Ellison for failing to release public records that could reveal why his office issued an official email account to a University of Minnesota law professor.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A nonprofit government watchdog group is sounding the alarm after mounting evidence suggests that the attorneys general in Minnesota and Washington D.C engaged in a covertly coordinated effort to carry out similar climate change lawsuits.
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s controversial climate change lawsuit is on hold while defendants look for help from a federal appeals court.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - Critics frustrated by Attorney General Ellison’s lack of transparency involving his lawsuit against Big Oil are lauding a recent Minnesota Court of Appeals decision requiring the AG to release concealed communications between his office and other states' attorneys general.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that Attorney General Keith Ellison cannot conceal documents related to his office's communications with attorneys general in other states.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - Republican lawmakers are considering launching an investigation to review the origins of Minnesota Attorney General Ellison's climate change lawsuit against Big Oil.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is facing mounting criticism for his use of privately funded attorneys to pursue a climate change lawsuit against Big Oil.
A federal judge remanded Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s lawsuit against oil and gas last week to Ramsey County state court.“Defendants may appeal this decision which would result inevitably in a much longer delay,” wrote Chief Judge John R.
MINNESOTA (Legal Newsline) – Get back to me later, a federal judge has told those challenging proposed changes to vehicle emissions standards in Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – The State of Minnesota says a lawsuit challenging proposed vehicle emission standards that would align with those already passed in California was filed way too early.
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – Like other climate change plaintiffs, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison wants his case heard by a state judge rather than federal.
British tabloid the Daily Mail has disclosed partial bodycam video of George Floyd’s arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, setting off an investigation into the leaked footage, as well as raising questions about Floyd's cause of death and why the state hasn't willingly released the footage.
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – Exxon and others want to fight a lawsuit by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in federal court, claiming he is pushing an agenda crafted by private lawyers to regulate the energy industry.
