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When a professional forms, operates, or transfers a firm, compliance requires more than simply following the laws governing corporations, limited liability companies, or limited liability partnerships. If the firm provides certain professional services, it may also be subject to the Minnesota Professional Firms Act (“MPFA”), codified at Minn. Stat. ch....
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A Bulldog Guide to Acting Without Making It Worse Few things rattle business owners more than this suspicion: I think my partner is stealing. If you’re wrong, an accusation like that can blow up a partnership overnight. If you’re right, the damage is already happening—and hesitation only compounds it. The...
AI offers useful support, yet professional guidance remains essential for effective estate planning. Artificial intelligence has moved rapidly into legal services for consumers, including will generators, trust templates, and automated planning tools. This is fueled by people looking for convenience, perceived cost savings, and on-demand access. There appears to be...
Pending legislation that was originally introduced in 2025 that seeks to make major changes to the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act, Chapter 515B (“MCIOA”), is poised to become law within the next few weeks. The bill passed the floor of the Senate but failed to make it through all necessary...
With the higher standard deduction and new giving thresholds introduced by recent legislation, many taxpayers no longer receive a tax benefit from annual charitable contributions. A Charitable Lead Annuity Trust (CLAT) offers a strategic way to “bunch” those deductions into a single, high-impact year. By front-loading charitable giving through a...
What Actually Matters—and Where People Get Hurt Oil and gas leases are not standard contracts. They can lock up property interests for decades, shift millions of dollars through a single sentence, and quietly transfer leverage from the mineral owner to the operator if drafted carelessly. Most problems don’t come from...
Billing the Right Way—What Every New Attorney Needs to Know This month’s feature is different than our typical writing-focused one, but it is just as important. Knowing how to bill will save you time and avoid lots of stress. Most new attorneys start their first job knowing how to research,...
Hellmuth & Johnson and TMG Consulting will present a joint seminar on April 29 at 8:00 am. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Blake Nelson, construction law attorney with Hellmuth & Johnson, and Tom Klein, CFO of TMG Consulting, will discuss the most common mistakes made by construction industry professionals and how...
As Minnesota’s cannabis market develops, we’re starting to see a pattern developing alongside it: cannabis industry members using AI tools to draft and generate legal documents. A primary reason for this is the belief that documents of sufficient legal quality can be drafted at a fraction of the cost of...
Noncitizen spouses are treated differently from U.S. citizen spouses for estate and gift tax purposes. They do not get the unlimited marital deduction. Married US citizen spouses can generally transfer unlimited amounts of money between each other during life or upon death in various qualifying ways without any gift...
…And Why Every Bulldog Lawyer Insists on Them Most business partner disputes don’t start with betrayal. They start with silence. Silence about what happens when partners disagree. Silence about exits, transfers, divorce, disability, or deadlock. Silence that gets filled later—with lawyers, litigation, and regret. After decades of cleaning up business...