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Attention Employers: Frontline Worker Pay Employee Notice Due June 23, 2022
The Frontline Worker Pay application period opens for employees on June 8, 2022 and will run 45 days until July 22, 2022. All eligible workers will have until the closing of the application period to apply for Frontline Worker Pay and applicant support will ...Read More
Employer Update: Supreme Court Halts COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard, Upholds Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Vaccination Mandate
On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in a 6-3 decision, granted an emergency stay OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring employers with at least 100 employees “to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated or show a ...Read More
The Difference an Attorney Makes in Estate Planning
Estate planning is often overlooked until it is too late. Our recent article, Where There’s a Will, There’s a…Wait, discusses the negative effects of waiting too long to plan for the future. These include increased expense, court involvement, familial fighting, and your wishes being ...Read More
Planning For Medical Assistance: A Starting Point On What You Need To Know
Medical Assistance, Minnesota’s version of Medicaid, provides more than 600,000 Minnesotans with coverage monthly. Many of these individuals are seniors. When looking forward to retirement, it is important to consider future health care needs as well as how such needs will be paid for. ...Read More
Fair Credit Reporting Act Compliance
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) is a federal law enacted in 1970 to promote the accuracy, fairness, relevancy, and privacy of consumer information in the file of credit reporting agencies. Banks and other financial institutions are an important link in the consumer credit ...Read More
Telemedicine: The Impact Of COVID-19 on HIPAA Regulations
While the COVID-19 virus continues to force us all to stay at least 6-feet apart, telemedicine is helping to bring patients and health care providers together. The practice of using technology to deliver medical care and treatment is an already growing industry and is ...Read More
Where There’s A Will, There’s A… Wait: Important Estate Planning Considerations Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
If I asked you to define “estate plan,” you would likely tell me that an estate plan is an arrangement for the distribution of your assets upon death. I would award you 1/3 credit. Truth is, all of my clients are generous, selfless individuals: ...Read More
Child Communication and Shared Parenting Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Minnesota Health Department reported on Monday, March 23 that there are now 235 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota. Schools have been closed, businesses have shut down, and there seem to be new developments to the crisis every day. If you are a ...Read More
Why am I receiving my ex-spouse’s text messages? Divorce and Shared Apple ID’s
If you and your spouse own iPhones, you might also share an Apple ID. An Apple ID is a username and password combination that syncs to iCloud and allows you to access your settings, photos, messages, etc. across multiple devices. Often times couples will ...Read More
The Minnesota Professional Firms Act–What is it, and does it apply to you?
When you are forming your business, the choice of entity is always an important decision – will you incorporate, or form a limited liability company? Will you operate as a partnership – general or limited? What you may not know is that if you ...Read More