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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...
After reading our blog post about why DWI checkpoints were unconstitutional in Minnesota, WCCO's Heather Brown interviewed Jim Conway for a story:
Thirty-eight states (which do not include Minnesota based upon our state Constitution - see Ascher v. Comm. of Public Safety, 519 N.W.2d 183 (1994); Gray v. Comm. of Public Safety, 519 N.W.2d 187 (1994)) allow DUI checkpoints. A checkpoint is basically a...
What is a Grand Jury and How Does it Work? Criminal charges most often are brought directly by a prosecutor against a defendant. This is typically in the form of a Complaint. However certain crimes require charging by indictment. In Minnesota, offenses punishable...
Effective January 1, 2015 Minnesota law on criminal expungement will change making it easier to expunge criminal records and allowing the petitioning party to expunge a broader set of records than previously possible. There are three big changes. First, law...
This fall, residents of Scott County and other county residents in similar election cycles will be asked to vote for the office of County Attorney in their home county. For many, this is an office that you hear little about, and that gets little attention...
As of January 1, 2014, there is a new Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney in Minnesota. The new form only affects documents signed after January 1, 2014, so if you have a power of attorney executed before that date, your document is still valid. However moving...
Being attorneys who have lived through a cocktail party or two, we often get questions about what an individual's rights are in certain situations. Frequently we have been asked what the police may search if you are arrested. This is a weekly blog, not a legal...
For many people, lawyers are different from other professionals like dentists, doctors and accountants, because people don't often plan on needing a lawyer. I am often asked how to find a lawyer, and often ask my clients how they found me. Because of the internet,...
