Update (June10, 2015):  New amendments to the court rules take effect on July 1.  A few highlights: There must be “consecutive pagination” of all pages in affidavits and trial exhibits from start to finish. A declaration that a filing was submitted “under penalty of perjury” will suffice rather than notarization for many documents. The rules […]

An advisory committee to the Minnesota Supreme Court has recommended some changes to the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure. We litigators need to understand two of the proposed changes. One proposed amendment will provide some narrow grounds for rejecting documents for e-filing. For example, pleadings can be rejected if they list the wrong file number […]