A business that lied to close a deal can be sued for fraud in Minnesota. The business bringing the claim must prove five elements, including a money loss caused by its reliance on a false statement of …
READ MORE →Before you buy a franchise in Minnesota, four checks protect you. The first two are whether the franchise is registered with the state or properly exempt, and whether you received the disclosure …
READ MORE →A contested business lawsuit in Minnesota costs far more in attorney time than in court fees. The court charges each side a few hundred dollars, while attorney’s fees for a contested case can reach …
READ MORE →Mediation and arbitration both resolve a Minnesota business dispute outside a courtroom trial, but they do opposite jobs. A mediator helps you and the other side reach your own settlement and decides …
READ MORE →Under Minn. Stat. § 297A.62, subd. 1, Minnesota sales tax applies to retail sales “made in this state or to a destination in this state.” It reaches those sales of taxable goods or listed services …
READ MORE →The Minnesota Court of Appeals and the Minnesota Supreme Court decided 50 business disputes between January 5 and October 12, 2026, out of 987 opinions in the HallApproved.com archive for that period. …
READ MORE →A demand letter against your business is a claim and a request, not a court order, and you can choose how to answer it. Before anyone replies, you can calendar the date the letter names, preserve your …
READ MORE →A Minnesota executive employment attorney analyzes and negotiates your employment agreement when you join a company or renegotiate, and your separation package when you leave. On the way in, the work …
READ MORE →In Minnesota, a surviving spouse can claim a share of what the deceased spouse left, including property that passed outside the will, even when the will leaves the spouse little or nothing. The share …
READ MORE →When a business partner is taking money from your Minnesota company, you have more options than a lawsuit. You can confront the problem directly, change how money moves through a proper vote, demand …
READ MORE →A USPTO office action is a letter from the trademark examining attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that lists the legal problems standing between your application and …
READ MORE →You agreed with a customer, vendor, or business partner to change a deal, by phone, in an email thread, or simply by how you both performed, and now the other side points to the clause saying every …
READ MORE →In Minnesota, a trustee, a beneficiary, or another interested person can ask the district court to decide what a trust means by filing a petition under Minn. Stat. § 501C.0202. The court can construe …
READ MORE →In Minnesota, the time to contest a will or a trust depends on which document you are challenging and on what has already happened, such as informal probate of the will, a court order after a hearing, …
READ MORE →A Minnesota business hiring its first employee needs a Minnesota withholding account, an unemployment insurance account, workers’ compensation insurance, a signed written notice of pay terms at the …
READ MORE →When a customer, distributor, or national retailer sends you its vendor or supply agreement, the insurance section tells you which coverage to buy, whom it must protect, and what proof you must …
READ MORE →Minnesota’s junk fee law requires the price you advertise, display, or offer for goods or services to include every mandatory fee or surcharge. You may still charge the fee; what changes is where it …
READ MORE →A Minnesota business may ban guns from its building, either with a sign that meets the statute’s exact requirements or by telling the person directly, and it may restrict employees from carrying guns …
READ MORE →A no-contest clause in a Minnesota will cannot be enforced against a beneficiary who had probable cause to bring the challenge, under Minn. Stat. § 524.2-517. A trust created outside a will has no …
READ MORE →Outside general counsel is an outside lawyer your company keeps on an ongoing basis to handle its routine legal work, instead of hiring a new lawyer for each problem. No Minnesota statute defines the …
READ MORE →When a sibling or another trustee is mishandling a parent’s trust, a lawsuit is only one of your options. You can begin with the trust document, a family conversation, and a written request for …
READ MORE →When a Minnesota principal ends an independent sales rep’s contract, or the rep resigns, two Minnesota statutes decide the minimum the rep keeps and when it must be paid. The rep agreement decides …
READ MORE →Most bad reviews of a Minnesota medical or dental practice should get a short, professional reply and nothing more. A review that is fake (written by someone who was never a patient, including a …
READ MORE →A Minnesota staffing firm, or any other business “acting directly or indirectly as an employer or manager for work contracted or requested by a customer,” can no longer stop that customer from hiring …
READ MORE →Answer every patient review the same way: thank the reviewer, describe your practice’s standards in general terms, and invite them to contact the office, without confirming that the person is a …
READ MORE →Selling a Minnesota medical, dental, or accounting practice is mostly an ordinary business sale, with four additions: who may own the practice after closing, what happens to patient or client records, …
READ MORE →When a Minnesota company’s CPA, tax preparer, or financial adviser makes an error that costs the company money, the company can recover if it proves the professional owed it a duty, breached the …
READ MORE →A Minnesota business whose trade secret has been taken can ask a court for six kinds of relief: an order stopping use of the secret, an order letting use continue only for a royalty, an order …
READ MORE →When your largest customer asks for net-60 or net-90 terms, it is asking you to finance its purchases with your working capital. The payment period is a contract term you can negotiate, price, and …
READ MORE →If you sell to a national retailer such as Target, Best Buy, or Walmart, the retailer may ask you to pay for shelf space, fund its promotions, and share its advertising costs. Whether you owe those …
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