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09/03/2020 American History Labor Day weekend is coming up. With an extra day off, but COVID still having a significant effect on what options are available, I think this is a…

08/26/2020 An Inadvertent Business Partner? Some forms of business are well known: corporations and limited liability companies being the most prominent. What's not as well recognized as a form…

08/12/2020 What's positive nowadays? Major news outlets thrive on negative news. Even when there's something positive in the story, there's a negative element to it. No wonder so many…

08/05/2020 Minnesota Supreme Court Rules on Independent Contractor Liability Utilization of independent contractors by companies is extremely common. A critical element of that relationship is that as between the company and…

07/29/2020 Selling Real Estate in Washington County: Well Disclosure Here's a tidbit you might not be aware of when selling your home in Washington County (i.e. Stillwater, Hugo, Scandia, Forest Lake, etc.).

07/23/2020 Estoppel: A Defense that Trumps the Statute of Limitations Estoppel is an extremely effective defense to problems that drag on and on and on such that the applicable statute of limitations seemingly applies.…

07/16/2020 It's Summer — Let's Relax! I am in an evidentiary hearing this week, so a very light post. I'll have a more extensive one next week that outlines the process and its perils.

07/09/2020 Is Covid a Force Majeure in a Commercial Lease? Customarily a commercial lease will have an "out" clause whereby the tenant does not need to pay rent in the event of a Force Majeure. A question…

07/01/2020 Contracts: Oral, Written, and Ambiguities One of the 4 classes law school required me to take way back when was Contracts. The very first thing I remember learning was that a contract is…