Mankato, MN (July 13, 2020) – Three attorneys from Gislason & Hunter LLP have been selected to the 2020 Minnesota Super Lawyers list. No more than five percent of the lawyers in each state are selected by Super Lawyers. Attorneys named Super Lawyers include Dustan J. Cross, Michael S. Dove and Peter B. Stein. In...

On April 30, 2020, Gislason & Hunter hosted a complimentary webinar, Employment Law From a Distance, to discuss topics including: A new work environment: COVID-19 issues Documentation and recordkeeping Policy updates to protect employees and employers View Full Webinar

On April 28, 2020, Gislason & Hunter hosted a Banking and Financial webinar, addressing the latest information on the banking and financial situation. In addition to participants submitting questions, topics discussed included: Update on COVID-19 impact on accessing the court system Executing loans remotely View Full Webinar

Below are resources for the webinar Gislason & Hunter hosted on April 28, 2020: Banking and Financial Webinar. Full Webinar Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus (Revised) Interagency Statement on Appraisals and Evaluations for Real Estate Related Financial Transactions Affected by the Coronavirus Supervisory...

Quarantined in my cramped college apartment in the city, my mind drifts back to my considerably more spacious roots. I grew up on my family’s grass-fed beef farm, nearly 300 acres of lush, permanent pasture and preserved prairie and woodland in the drumlin region of Southeastern Wisconsin. I cherish those childhood farm memories; everything from...

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 reporting chain, and in a variety of circumstances, they are subject...

When a prospective borrower approaches a lender and requests financing for any consumer purpose or business operation, the lender must evaluate whether or not the borrower has sufficient capacity to repay the loan. Two options will often come to mind for most lenders. First, the lender may require more than one individual or entity to...