The Family Medical Leave Act is now a mainstay in the business world, allowing employees to take health-related leave from work without losing their position. It’s important for anyone who has 50 or...
Five Things You Should Ask Your 401k Plan Administrator
Great job So Far! Your business is successful, and you are lucky enough to be able to offer your employees a 401k plan. You set up the plan with a nationally well-known 401k plan administrator a few ...
Enforcing Your International Business with Arbitration
As more and more businesses in Minnesota start to play on the international stage, business contracts and agreements that were once governed by US law are now being negotiated around the world. Of par...
Staying Up to Date with Estate and Gift Tax
Planning your estate is an important life step and something that you may need to revisit numerous times over the years. Estate planning is closely tied with giving financial gifts during your lifetim...
How to Honor the Duty of Loyalty to Your Business
Owners of a business have a number of different fiduciary duties they owe to the business. This means that there are high standards of care owed to the business once you create or purchase the entity....
The Advantage of Creating a Letter of Intent
There are many different transactions that use letters of intent as part of the deal. While the letter of intent will later be replaced with a more detailed contract, it is still important to have an ...
What Happens When a Couple Needs an Attorney
If you’re looking to start or buy a business or engage in some other transaction with a family member, especially a spouse, it is wise to bring an attorney into that conversation early on. In many c...
Attention to Grammar in Contracts Matters
There are many different hats a lawyer wears: confidant, negotiator, litigator, and occasionally, editor. After all, every step in the practice of law from filing a quick brief to writing a complex co...
New Patent Troll Law in Minnesota
Minnesota has recently passed legislation prohibiting bad-faith assertions of patents held by patent trolls. And what exactly are patent trolls? Small and midsize business owners are too often confron...
Slander of Title in Real Estate
Slander of title is a real estate legal cause of action. It occurs when a person publishes a fabricated or derogatory statement about another’s property, which could then negatively affect the value...