Dan's Desk

Dan's Desk

Can I sue a non-Minnesotan in Minnesota?

05/17/2023 Can I sue a non-Minnesotan in Minnesota? If someone lives in Duluth and you want to sue them in Washington County, that is pretty easy to sort out. But what if the party you want to sue is…

Summer Plans?

05/04/2023 Summer Plans? The feds hiked rates by another 25 basis points this first week of May. Hopefully this is the last hit. The prior rate hikes have not yet…

Collections!!!

04/20/2023 Collections!!! With the economy slowing down clients are finding bills are not being paid. Here are some tips:

An Aging Parent & Beneficiary Change

03/29/2023 An Aging Parent & Beneficiary Change More and more often I am working with estates and aging parents (or their children) in handling changes in estate plans. As parents age their assets…

Recent Department of Commerce Actions

03/24/2023 Recent Department of Commerce Actions Here's another installment of recent regulatory action taken by the Minnesota Department of Commerce. The department regulates mortgage originators,…

Impossibility of Performance

03/01/2023 Impossibility of Performance So you've been reading this blog all along and have taken to heart the idea to get things in writing. But now you're in a spot where you just can't…

Liquidated Damages Clause: Payment or Penalty?

02/08/2023 Liquidated Damages Clause: Payment or Penalty? I am very favorable toward the use of liquidated damages clauses in contracts. For those who have not read about this in the past on this site, such…

Amending a Trust: Use of Power of Attorney

02/01/2023 Amending a Trust: Use of Power of Attorney Late January 2023, the court of appeals issued a precedential opinion on amending a trust. In a question of whether a valid power-of-attorney had…

Gallatin Law Prevails in Trial Again!

12/14/2022 Gallatin Law Prevails in Trial Again! Another trial decision came in at the end of last week. This time it was a court trial (the judge decides the case) in Anoka County. At issue was…