Recent Articles from Anthony Ostlund
Tips for lawyers moving to the Twin Cities
The path from Minnesota to a coast and back is well-traveled by lawyers.
Office politics: Can an employee be fired over political activities? The answer may not be as simple as you think.
You may assume that the answer is yes. After all, Minnesota is an at-will employment state, and people who engage in politics are a suspect class. But it turns out the answer might be a bit more complicated than that.
Family courts offer lessons for closely held ownership disputes
Family Courts use a process called ENE or “Early Neutral Evaluation” to help parties resolve social and financial issues outside of a formal court setting.
How Condo Law Change Will Impact New Development
Are Twin Cities developers finally going to break ground on new condos?
Stop Delaying: The Need for An Operating Agreement Under the Revised MN LLC Act
There is effectively only four months before the Minnesota Revised Limited Liability Company Act is in full force .
Everyone’s Favorite Legal Issue
The Changing Jurisdictional Effect Of State Business Registration Statutes
Informing the court of settlement doesn’t always mean a case is settled
What happens when the parties inform the court that they have reached a verbal settlement agreement but one party later changes its mind?
Obtaining preliminary injunctive relief for patent infringement
It's still difficult to obtain but not impossible
Broker Beware: Get your commission agreements in writing
Your client goes silent and stops returning your messages. What do you do?
When Stealing Is Not Considered Theft
What if an employee cooks the books but never actually takes the money for himself?
What Kindred Nursing Centers v. Clark means for laws limiting arbitration
In February, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case out of Kentucky that might give hope to those who would like to see the Court buck the trend toward federal preemption of state laws limiting arbitration.
Minnesota Supreme Court clarifies meaning of ’employment misconduct’
The court rejected a common law “materiality standard” for determining what constitutes employment misconduct.
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