Creating a new business or product can be exciting. You’re full of the energy and promise of the future and you or your marketing team have come up with some amazing branding for your new venture. Y...
Best Practices in Safeguarding Digital Client Information
Gone are the days of the good old attorney who didn’t understand the demands and uses of digital information. Now, all attorneys are expected to be up to speed on electronic records and, more import...
Non-Compete Agreements that Work
Almost every good employee agreement for professionals includes some form of non-compete clause or a whole separate non-compete agreement. These agreements restrict an employee’s ability to take the...
Understanding the Family Medical Leave Act
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...
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...
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...