Dan's Desk

Dan's Desk

Confession of Judgment: Useful, but Particular

05/18/2022 Confession of Judgment: Useful, but Particular There are situations where both sides to a debt agree on money being owed. The question is: how to document and collect it?

Minnesota Data Privacy Act

05/11/2022 Minnesota Data Privacy Act The government: can't live with it, can't live without it. Overlooked in this technological age is the data accumulation that is ongoing every time…

What is "News"

05/04/2022 What is "News" There is not a single large scale media outlet in existence that can truthfully claim to be neutral or unbiased. Whether it is a "newspaper", a…

Legal Disputes: The Big Picture

04/21/2022 Legal Disputes: The Big Picture Jobs are jobs, but they aren't life. I have clients who, understandably, get extremely wrapped up and emotionally invested in their cases. I get to…

Trust Disputes: Language Not Covered in the Uniform Trust Code

04/13/2022 Trust Disputes: Language Not Covered in the Uniform Trust Code A very interesting trust litigation just ran its way through the court of appeals. At issue was a "no contest" clause. No such clause or concept is…

Venue in Multi-State Business Transactions

04/06/2022 Venue in Multi-State Business Transactions Venue is defined as where a dispute is litigated. Seems easy enough, but it's not always so easy.

Commercial Lease Breaches: Calculating Damage

03/23/2022 Commercial Lease Breaches: Calculating Damage A decent portion of businesses make the decision to rent versus buy their space. In the lease situation, the contract governing the rights and…

Attorney's Fees: Contract clauses are enforced

03/16/2022 Attorney's Fees: Contract clauses are enforced Nobody likes paying attorney's fees. Not even your own client when you win (they'll tolerate it much more, but they won't like the bill). In…

What is an Injunction?

03/02/2022 What is an Injunction? Want to force someone to stop doing something? If yes, you seek an injunction. That is the legal remedy whereby one is ordered by a court to stop…