BRIEFLY

Posts from Joshua Newville, a Minnesota employment lawyer, civil rights attorney, and mediator.

Dec 4, 2014

Practicing in civil rights litigation, we see a lot of police officers abuse their power. Unfortunately, there are many reasons police...

Nov 14, 2014

–FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— (Sioux Falls, SD, Nov. 14, 2014)—South Dakota’s marriage equality lawsuit is moving forward after United States...

Nov 13, 2014

In August 2012, I wrote about the problem with the City of Minneapolis dispensing with civilian review of police officers’ conduct. That...

Oct 23, 2014

Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure contains an interesting and nuanced option for civil defendants to settle a case. Rule 68...

Oct 6, 2014

Today, the United States Supreme Court denied to review opinions issued by three appellate courts that declared bans on same-sex marriage...