New Ulm, MN (December 21, 2022) – Gislason & Hunter LLP is pleased to welcome Alexander Asawa as a new attorney. Alex focuses his practice on agribusiness, business and corporate law, finance and banking, litigation, and trusts and estates. “We are excited to welcome Alex to the firm,” said Gislason & Hunter Managing Partner and...

The Road to Legalization? The road to our current legal field began with the federal 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized the cultivation and sale of hemp at the federal level. Specifically, any hemp containing a maximum of 0.3% THC by weight was now considered “legal” at the federal level. Importantly to Minnesota, the Farm Bill...

In this issue: How to Administer an Estate: The Personal Representative’s Handbook Can’t I Just Get a Simple Postnuptial Agreement? Life Insurance and the Taxable Estate Read Full Newsletter  

In this issue: Employees Using THC – Legally? Navigating Employee Drug Testing In The Post-Legalization Era Interview Do’s and Don’ts for Employers The NLRB goes after handbooks . . . again. Read Full Newsletter

The H-2A program allows foreign workers to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature in the United States. This program, however, has stringent rules carrying substantial civil and criminal penalties for employers violating the program. Five common employer compliance issues are reviewed below. 1. H-2A Workers Should Only Perform Work Identified...

Carbon markets (either voluntary or mandatory through government regulation) have emerged in recent years as a practical means to use free-market economic principles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate global climate change. In carbon markets, businesses or individuals who reduce greenhouse gas emissions or sequester carbon in the soil can sell “credits” to other...

The Minnesota Court Supreme Court recently issued a decision concerning which watercourses in the state could be treated as “public waters” under various state statutes and regulations. The case arose out of a petition to improve Renville County Ditch 77 by cleaning the outlet into a stretch of Limbo Creek. Historically this section of Limbo...