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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MINNESOTA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION VOLUME LXXVI NUMBER XI DECEMBER 2019 www.mnbar.org THE NEW SCARLET LETTER Is Minnesota’s Predatory Offender Registry helping or hurting? START SAVING TIME AND MONEY NOW WITH FASTCASE Smarter Legal Research. Free for MSBA Members. Fastcase is the leading next-generation legal research service that puts a comprehensive national law library and powerful searching, sorting, and data visualization tools at your fingertips. As a member of the MSBA you have free access to fastcase. LEARN MORE ABOUT FASTCASE Login at: www.mnbar.org/fastcase Live Webinars – Thursdays, Noon - 1:00 PM fastcase.com/webinars On-Demand CLE ® mnbar.org/fastcase/on-demand-cle practicelaw videos mnbar.org/practicelaw/fastcaseVSgoogle mnbar.org/practicelaw/fastcaseLegalResearch Find What You Need, Fast. Questions? 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