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For many business owners, their business is one of the most valuable and important things they own. When it is time to sit down and create an estate plan, it is critical that business owners plan for their business just as they would plan for their home or finances. Effective...
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As we become more mobile, law firms face substantially greater challenges meeting their ethical obligation to keep client information confidential. The progress, convenience, and efficiency that technology has brought to our practices carries with it a risk we cannot see but against which we must be vigilant. A recently unsealed...
As a contractor, getting paid for work completed isn’t always as easy as collecting onsite or sending an invoice. Hellmuth & Johnson construction law attorney Blake Nelson answers fact or fiction when it comes to collections, interest and liens and Minnesota state law. It is legal to charge 18% per...
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The delays continue regarding the overtime rule that was originally set to go into effect on December 1, 2016. This rule would have raised the salary threshold for exempt employees – those employees who were not entitled to overtime – to $47,476 from $23,660. Implementation of this rule was delayed...
Moore About the World: Wherever geo-politics and business strategy crash into history, most of this has happened before. Adding his unique brand of wit and wisdom to his problem-fixing experience as a veteran lawyer, Terry Moore mines the past to find straight answers to complicated questions. How can the North...
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“And on the seventh day God ended his work … and he rested… from all his work.” Genesis 2:2 (King James Bible version) Now that Minnesotans can purchase off-sale liquor on Sundays, the question becomes what’s next for retailers and consumers on that day. There aren’t that many legal barriers...
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This article, the fourth in a series of updates regarding the implementation of the Buffer Law, summarizes six common alternative practices that landowners may wish to consider in lieu of a standard buffer. Read more in Part One: The Law; Part Two: Compliance; and Part Three: Enforcement. The Buffer Law...
Moore About the World – Tragedy of the Commons – It’s Cheaper to Get Separate Tabs Wherever geo-politics and business strategy crash into history, most of this has happened before. Adding his unique brand of wit and wisdom to his problem-fixing experience as a veteran lawyer, Terry Moore mines the...
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Those of us of a “certain age” know exactly what a speaker means when she says, “She’s the ‘Mrs. Kravitz’ of the neighborhood.” For those too young to appreciate the reference, “Mrs. Kravitz” was a character in the sitcom “Bewitched” who was the nosey neighborhood biddy who monitored events through...
Moore About the World: Wherever geo-politics and business strategy crash into history, most of this has happened before. Adding his unique brand of wit and wisdom to his problem-fixing experience as a veteran lawyer, Terry Moore mines the past to find straight answers to complicated questions. How can the North...
As summer gets into full swing, Minnesotans spend more time outdoors, and some community association members make plans to build or replace decks attached to their homes. In many cases, such decks extend beyond the unit boundaries and encroach upon the common elements that are owned by the association or...