Courts

JBS settles Muslim discrimination lawsuit for $5.5 million
JBS Swift & Company will pay up to $5.5 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the meatpacking company discriminated against Muslim employees at its beef processing plant in northern Colorado.
MN Supreme Court lets Duluth DFLer’s Senate win stand
Justices rejected what they decided were vague and unsupported allegations of election irregularities in the 2020 election. DFL Sen. Jen McEwen won her race by a wide margin.
Sackler family empire poised to win immunity from opioid lawsuits
A federal bankruptcy judge cleared a plan for final vote by Purdue Pharma's creditors that would release members of the Sackler family and their financial empire from liability for the opioid crisis.
Minn. Appeals court deals setback to voting restoration push
The Minnesota Court of Appeals turned away a legal bid Monday to more quickly restore the voting rights of past felons, suggesting it’s up to the Legislature to take on.
Man who helped burn precinct during Floyd unrest sentenced
A St. Paul man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in the arson fire that burned a Minneapolis police station during protests over the death of George Floyd.