Legal Update: New OSHA Laws Affecting Employers
The 2023 legislative session ended on May 22, 2023, and legislators were active in passing laws that impact employers. Ergonomics Program The ergonomics program requirements apply to warehouse distribution center employers with 100 or more employees, meatpacking and poultry processing sites with 100 or more employees, and health care facilities. One-time funding of $2 million […]
MHCP PCA Overpayments, Part 2: Challenging DHS’s Identified Overpayments
If you are reading this, you are probably an owner of a PCA agency who now realizes that DHS is serious about extracting a large overpayment from you. In part 1, I explained what this means for you and your agency. Below, I address what you can do about it. An Appeal vs. “the Right […]
SNAP Retailer Disqualification, Part 2: How to Respond to a SNAP Charge Letter
If you are reading this, you are probably a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailer who has recently received a Charge Letter from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In Part 1 of this series, I briefly talked about what a Charge Letter is. I address what to do about it below. There are […]
MHCP PCA Overpayments, Part 1: What to do when you receive a Notice of Overpayment and Stipulated Provider Agreement
If you are reading this, it is probably because you or your personal care service provider agency (PCA agency) received a Notice of Overpayment,[1] possibly with a Stipulated Provider Agreement,[2] like the one below: Receiving this overpayment notice will bring two questions immediately to mind: What does this mean? What are the next steps? This […]
CCAP Overpayments, Part 1: What to do when you Receive a Notice of Overpayment
If you are reading this, it is probably because you or your childcare center received a Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) Notice of Overpayment. Receiving this overpayment notice will bring two questions immediately to mind: What does this mean? What should I do next? This is the first in a series of articles addressing how […]
SNAP Retailer Disqualification, Part 1: What to do when you receive a SNAP Charge Letter
If you are reading this, you are probably a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailer who has recently received a Charge Letter from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The beginning of the Charge Letter probably looks a lot like what you see below. Receiving this Charge Letter will bring two questions immediately to […]
Administrative Appeal Deadlines: A Trap for Unwary Minnesota Business Owners and Licensees
Whatever kind of business you are in, chances are you have some interaction with a state agency. Whether it is the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Human Services, or the Department of Health, there is somebody whose job it is to decide whether your business is doing what it is supposed to […]
What a Minnesota Business Must do if a Default Judgement is Entered Against It
Maybe your mail carrier has a penchant for rifling through your company’s mail and took the plaintiff’s complaint, or it fell through the cracks to the center of the earth, or the whole situation is a tragic misunderstanding. But one way or another, somehow or another, you didn’t respond to the complaint, and a default […]
Attorney Spotlight: Brendan Kenny
In what area of law do you practice and why did you choose this? I have 16-years’ experience in civil litigation as outside counsel for businesses, a Deputy Attorney General in California, an Assistant Attorney General in Minnesota, outside counsel for state, state agencies, and county. My cases have run the gamut of civil litigation. […]
What Every Business Should Know About Service of Process Through the Secretary of State
If you are like most businesses (and most attorneys), you probably think serving a lawsuit is a pretty straight-forward affair. Sure, there are the hilarious stories of Slick Mike serving E-Vil, Inc.’s recalcitrant CEO at the breakfast table by gaining admission to the CEO’s palatial estate posing as his daughter’s hippy boyfriend. Most of us […]