It has been more than ten years since the Minnesota Supreme Court decided a case which addressed antenuptial agreements in a significant way. This May, in Kremer v. Kremer, the Supreme Court further clarified the standards which apply to antenuptial agreements which address both marital and nonmarital property and which were entered into after August...

It’s no secret that during the 2016 campaign, political candidates harnessed the power of social media more than ever before.  It is also no secret that the President of the United States has continued to use social media as a political forum.  With tech-savvy Millennials in the workforce and now Generation Z (those born in...

What is a document retention policy? A document retention policy is a plan outlining (1) what sorts of documents the operation will keep, (2) how they will be stored, and (3) how and when they will be destroyed. Why is a document retention policy important? Documents can be key evidence in a lawsuit, and are...

It’s 10:30 on a Tuesday morning.  You’ve finished the morning Staff Meeting, answered twenty seven emails, checked Facebook and are now sitting down to write some employee reviews. Then you get it.  A letter from an attorney.  Not your attorney.  An attorney representing the employee you terminated last week.  The employee you fired after his...

On April 26, 2018, a jury in North Carolina awarded a judgment against Murphy-Brown LLC (an affiliate of Smithfield Foods) for more than $50 million in a nuisance lawsuit arising from the operation of a hog confinement facility. This judgment was later reduced by the judge to $3.25 million. But only a couple of months...

The North American Free Trade Act (“NAFTA”) authorizes citizens of Mexico and Canada to enter the United States, temporarily, to engage in business activities at a professional level. To qualify and obtain a TN Visa, individuals must have at least a baccalaureate degree or the requisite credentials, which is deemed necessary to be successful to...

Enacted in 1967, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) was, in part, an outgrowth of the civil rights movement.  Congress had been informed that age discrimination occurred not because of any dislike or animus towards older workers, as is the case with other forms of discrimination, but because of “inaccurate stereotypes about older workers’...