A single missed hour on a timesheet may seem trivial. But when that missed hour is multiplied across dozens of employees over several years, the resulting liability can threaten the financial …
READ MORE →Firing an employee should be straightforward. After all, most states recognize at will employment, meaning either party can end the relationship at any time. Yet wrongful termination lawsuits remain …
READ MORE →Right now, businesses in your industry are being sued. Some of them are your direct competitors. They’re dealing with employment discrimination claims, wage and hour lawsuits, contract disputes, and …
READ MORE →Someone slides a contract across the table and says, “Don’t worry, it’s our standard agreement.” You’ve heard this before. Maybe you’ve even said it yourself. The implication is clear: this is …
READ MORE →Letting someone go is one of the hardest things you’ll do as a business owner. It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve done it; it never gets easy. But here’s what makes it worse: when a termination …
READ MORE →One of your employees just filed a complaint about a manager’s behavior. Your stomach drops. Not because of the complaint itself (you want to know about problems) but because you know what happens …
READ MORE →In the first half of 2025, plaintiffs filed over 2,000 ADA website accessibility lawsuits in federal court, a 37% increase over the same period in 2024. Restaurants, e-commerce companies, and …
READ MORE →You just received a complaint alleging that your company’s website violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lawsuit claims your site is inaccessible to people with disabilities, and now your …
READ MORE →For most Minnesota businesses, the right entity is an LLC with an S-corp tax election. I form LLCs and corporations for businesses across the state, and that combination (LLC flexibility with S-corp …
READ MORE →I review contracts daily. The terms that actually determine a business owner’s financial exposure are rarely the ones they focus on. Price, scope, timeline, those get attention. The clauses buried in …
READ MORE →Every Minnesota business with a website has a Terms of Service problem. Either the terms are missing, copied from someone else’s site, or pulled from a free template that doesn’t account for Minnesota …
READ MORE →If you co-own a Minnesota business and don’t have a buy-sell agreement, you have a problem you just haven’t felt yet. One partner dies, gets divorced, goes bankrupt, or simply decides to leave, and …
READ MORE →Every business owner will face employee departures. Some are smooth. Some turn into lawsuits. The difference almost always comes down to how you handle the last few days. Minnesota imposes specific …
READ MORE →When you’re acquiring a company, the assets on the balance sheet tell only part of the story. The proprietary formulas, customer relationships, manufacturing processes, and operational know-how …
READ MORE →Job Protections Under Minnesota Paid Leave Minnesota’s Paid Leave program began Jan. 1, providing payments and job protections for family and medical leave. The Department of Employment and Economic …
READ MORE →When a competitor steals your proprietary information or a former employee walks out the door with your trade secrets, the immediate question is: what can you actually recover? Minnesota business …
READ MORE →A threat of litigation from an employee is one of the most stressful moments a business owner can face. Your instinct may be to respond immediately: to explain, to defend, to resolve. But your …
READ MORE →When most business owners hear “antitrust law,” they think of massive federal cases against tech giants. But Minnesota has its own antitrust statute, and it provides a remedy that many business owners …
READ MORE →You built something valuable, a proprietary process, a customer database cultivated over decades, pricing algorithms that give you a competitive edge. Then a key employee leaves for a competitor, and …
READ MORE →Your company’s most valuable assets probably aren’t sitting in a warehouse or a bank vault. They live on servers, in cloud platforms, and across the laptops your team carries home every …
READ MORE → Managing Legal and Contract Challenges in International Business As more small businesses expand across borders (whether through manufacturing, hiring, or selling) questions around legal …
READ MORE → Protecting Your Business Ideas with NDAs and Patent Timelines When a business or startup comes up with a new, potentially patentable idea, timing and documentation matter. The moment a concept is …
READ MORE →Every departing employee walks out the door with knowledge about your business. The question is whether they also walk out with your competitive advantages, your client relationships, proprietary …
READ MORE → When Business and Personal Finances Mix, Courts Can Come After You Starting a corporation or LLC does not automatically protect your personal assets. That protection only works if you treat your …
READ MORE →Planning Ahead for Business Exits Every business owner will eventually exit their company, whether planned or unexpected. What matters most is whether that change leads to stability or leaves behind …
READ MORE →For decades, Minnesota employers relied on a familiar playbook: hire a key employee, have them sign a non-compete, and count on that agreement to keep proprietary information from walking out the …
READ MORE →Your best employee just told you she’s staying at the company, not because she’s satisfied, but because no competitor will hire her. Not because of a non-compete agreement. Because your competitors …
READ MORE →If your business has employees, contractors, vendors, or partners who access any confidential information (and nearly every business does) you need non-disclosure agreements. Not eventually. Now. This …
READ MORE →Key Takeaways A unanimous written consent allows a board or shareholders to take formal action without holding a meeting, provided every person entitled to vote signs the document. The consent must …
READ MORE →You’ve built something valuable: a process, a formula, a method, a system that gives your business a competitive edge. Now you need to protect it. And the first strategic question is one that …
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