How far can local governments go in controlling the number of housing units that are devoted to rental housing? In the last five or six, years, the issue has kept coming up - and not only in college towns. The most recent instance was in not in a college town but in a...
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Year: 2011
Unemployment Benefits and Progressive Discipline
In a recent decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court clarified that a former employee can be denied eligibility for unemployment benefits if he engaged in "employment misconduct," even where the employer terminated the former employee in violation of its own progressive...
Barnes Case Shows Importance of Detail in Minnesota Health Care Directives
The recent news coverage of the fight over who should make medical care decisions for Al Barnes is a reminder of the need for careful estate planning, generally, and particularly in drafting health care directives. Minnesota law gives significant weight to written...
Madoff Clawback Suits Come to Minnesota
Minnesota is no stranger to the financial fallout from major Ponzi schemes. The Trevor Cook and Tom Petters cases occurred here, and both led to huge losses for investors. Numerous Minnesotans also have been greatly affected, however, by the Bernard Madoff case....