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Dan's Desk

Discrimination and Employee Reprisal: A Primer

09/07/2022 Discrimination and Employee Reprisal: A Primer It is a very, very challenging market for employees right now. I cannot identify a single client or employer who I've heard report that they are…

Parol Evidence: A follow-up

08/25/2022 Parol Evidence: A follow-up Last week I wrote on the parol evidence rule and exceptions thereto. This week I write to report on an appellate opinion holding the document at…

Parole Evidence: When the document is unclear

08/18/2022 Parole Evidence: When the document is unclear I commonly write on the value of documenting agreements. That advice holds true. Thankfully many of my clients, many of whom are readers of this blog…

Operating Agreements for LLCs

08/05/2022 Operating Agreements for LLCs The Operating Agreement - the handbook for the company, the manual for navigation, the least used document in possibly all of corporate history.

Regulatory Update

07/20/2022 Regulatory Update As I do on occasion in this blog, I report on recent enforcement actions from the Department of Commerce and Department of Labor & Industry. Here are…

Living Together, Not on Title, but Now We're Split: What Do I Get?

07/06/2022 Living Together, Not on Title, but Now We're Split: What Do I Get? The rapid increase in house prices and rents has caused people to start living together. That comes with share expenses, paying for house…

United States Supreme Court Opinions: What They Are, and Are Not

06/30/2022 United States Supreme Court Opinions: What They Are, and Are Not Remember the opinion in Dobbs, et al. vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al? Almost certainly you do because it reversed Roe v. Wade. Now…

A Disturbing Trend

06/15/2022 A Disturbing Trend Every week the Minnesota Court of Appeals publishes a set of opinions. Some are precedential, some are not. The information published identifies the…

Homeowner's Claims: Appraisal Process

06/08/2022 Homeowner's Claims: Appraisal Process Minnesota just had a massive, destructive stretch of weather. Hugo to Forest Lake to Hinckley all had serious damage. Along 35E through Hinckley, the…