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Lawyer takes fight against state bar dues to 8th Circuit
Courthouse News Service: "An Eighth Circuit panel heard oral arguments [June 13] in an attorney’s challenge over a state bar association’s requirement that attorneys be members of – and also pay dues to – the association in order to practice law."
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 20
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a sex offender registration case, a civil rights case addressing a limitations period issue, an Establishment Clause case involving a war memorial cross, and a case on what constitutes an "unsolicited advertisement."Job Announcement
A job announcement for a Court Reporter with the District Court in the Bismarck/Mandan area has been posted.Job Announcement
A job announcement for a Citizen Access Paralegal with the Supreme Court Law Library in Bismarck has been posted.Job Announcement
A job announcement for a Paralegal with the Attorney General's Office in Bismarck has been posted.Supreme Court seeks staff attorney
A job announcement for a Staff Attorney - Central Legal with the Supreme Court in Bismarck has been posted. The closing date is June 20, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Central Time.Attorney Jack McDonald receives Liberty Bell Award for First Amendment advocacy
Bismarck Tribune: "Bismarck attorney Jack McDonald received the State Bar Association of North Dakota's Liberty Bell Award [June 13] for work McDonald has done during the course of his career on First Amendment issues."
Sanford Health loses appeal in anti-trust lawsuit
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: "A federal appeals court has sided with a North Dakota judge who blocked a merger between Sanford Health and a private physician group. Sanford had sought to acquire Mid Dakota Clinic, which serves the Bismarck-Mandan area of North Dakota."