Eighteen months after hearing arguments in the case, on June 24 the Minnesota Supreme Court delivered its long-awaited decision in Kidwell v. Sybaritic. The case asked whether an attorney employed in-house can be protected under Minnesota’s whistleblower statute in light of the fact that reporting legal violations is part of an in-house lawyer’s regular job duties.

But when it finally came down, the opinion may not have provided all that was hoped for by Minnesota legal practitioners.