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It is construction season. Owners are planning and hiring for commercial and residential projects. There are many qualified contractors in our area who are skilled and ready to assist. How do you find them? What should be in the contract? What about warranties for the work? The following practical tips and summary of the relevant …
Managing Your Construction Project – information for a successful projectRead More
An Itasca County jury has awarded $28.6 million to a Marble, Minnesota, woman who was paralyzed when an Ely Public School District bus crashed into the car in which she was a passenger. Paige Anderson was 16 years old when the October 9, 2009, crash occurred at the intersection of Curley Avenue and Highway 169 …
These days we hear more about data breaches at large companies such as Target, Home Depot, and Yahoo. In part, this stems from businesses increasing retention of customer information. Information as simple as a person’s name, address, or email can be valuable to those who would, for example, compile hundreds or thousands of email addresses …
Minnesota and Wisconsin Law Require Notice to Customers in the Event of a Data BreachRead More
Employers face great uncertainty with respect to payment of overtime right now. New regulations from the U. S. Department of Labor were to raise the salary requirement for exempt employees to $47,476 on December 1, 2016. However, a federal district court judge in Texas imposed a nationwide injunction halting implementation of the new regulations. We …
Friday, November 18th was the 58th anniversary of the Christmas City of the North Parade. Friday, November 18th was also the first snow storm of the season; it was a cold, windy, and wet evening. Due to the extreme weather, several parade participants dropped out and attendance was down by quite a bit. For the …
When one business acquires the assets of another, the question arises of whether the acquiring business will be liable for the legal obligations of business that it acquired. This implicates the question of successor liability, which involves the competing interests of compensating injured parties for harm caused by the acquired business entity and protecting the …
Successor Liability: A Key Consideration for Business Acquisition PlanningRead More
The 2016 campaign season has been one of the most tumultuous in modern history, and as the day of decision approaches, the races are overheating with no improvement in the overall tone. The Democratic and Republican presidential nominees are the two most unpopular candidates in memory, and the result has been an ugly, negative, attack-based …
Stephanie Ball, Paul Kilgore, David Oberstar and James Stewart of Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith and Frederick, P.A. were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017 (Copyright 2016 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive …
Attorneys at Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A. Named Best Lawyers in AmericaRead More
