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The practice of law has seen a movement towards single-area practices for solo and small firms over the last 30 years. Many lawyers make the choice to focus on a single area of practice to market themselves as “specialists” (though the law and legal ethics do not...
Saavy political campaigns saw Donald Trump's November 7 "SNL" appearance as a golden opportunity to get their candidates front and center before American TV audiences at no charge. Under the 1934 Communications Act, TV and radio stations originating their own...
Recent developments in the Jacob Wetterling abduction case, and what is now perceived to be a murder investigation, has created renewed buzz about unsolved cases and the law that surrounds them. One question on many minds is how a case believed to involve a child...
Why does someone need to be under a guardianship? Most commonly, it is method for which a person is appointed by the court to provide for the needs of an incapacitated person. Under the Minnesota Statutes, “incapacitated person” means an individual who,...
In the CNN GOP Presidential debate this week Donald Trump expressed his view that birthright citizenship should end and that the children of illegal immigrants should be deported.Birthright citizenship is a concept embedded in our constitution through the 14th...
Clients often ask us to draft a living will or heath care power of attorney to authorize someone to make health care decisions on their behalf. In Minnesota, we most commonly refer that document, which appoints someone to make health care decisions on behalf of the...
In the wake of the computer hacking efforts which led to a data breach of the affair-oriented dating site www.ashleymadison.com, customers of the site are crying foul and filing lawsuits against the site's parent company claiming it violated those customers' rights....
Effective August 1, 2015 Minnesota has enacted a version of the Revised Uniform LLC Act. All LLCs formed in Minnesota after August 1 will be covered by the new act. Existing LLCs will have until January 1, 2018 to covert their entities to entities under the new act,...
One of the more common real estate transactions that comes through our office is the sale of land by a contract for deed. Everyone is familiar with buying real estate and paying for it by a mortgage loan. While mortgage loans have become the prevailing way...
Sometimes people need a lawyer's help to enforce an agreement they made with someone else. A lot of people have an idea about a cause of action known as a breach of contract claim, but this post explains what is needed to form a legally enforceable contract, and...
