by Nathan Heffernan | Nov 21, 2022 | Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Employment Law, Family Law, Insurance, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Nathan Heffernan, News, Professional Liability
Attorney-client privilege is the bedrock of the American legal system. It allows clients to speak openly and honestly with their counselors in a way that guarantees the free flow of information and ideas necessary for effective representation. But when numerous...
by Lauren E. Nuffort | Oct 5, 2022 | Catastrophic Injury, Construction Law, Employment Law, Family Law, Insurance, Lauren E. Nuffort, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, News, Professional Liability, Real Estate
Rule 30.02(f) of the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure governs depositions of corporations or organizations. It provides for a notice of deposition to an “entity” rather than an individual. An entity can include a corporation, partnership, association or...
by Michelle K. Kuhl | Sep 21, 2022 | Appellate Law, Construction Law, Family Law, Insurance, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Michelle K. Kuhl, News, Professional Liability
The appellate rules specifically list the types of trial court decisions that can be appealed. Usually this requires a final judgment, which occurs at the very end of the litigation in the trial court. But on rare occasions, a trial court may make a decision that is...
by Michelle K. Kuhl | Sep 8, 2022 | Appellate Law, Construction Law, Family Law, Insurance, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Michelle K. Kuhl, Professional Liability
One of the important but often overlooked Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is Rule 25, which allows for substitution when a party has died. This Rule was recently addressed by the Eighth Circuit in Benacquisto v. Am. Express Fin. Corp., 2022 WL 3133437 (8th Cir. Aug....
by Joshua M. Feneis | Jun 2, 2022 | Family Law, Joshua M. Feneis, News
Make sure to read part one of my blog series to catch up on this complicated family law case from Minnesota. My client showed up for every supervised visit, getting to know his now three-year-old daughter and becoming a familiar adult in her life. At this point, he...
by Joshua M. Feneis | May 25, 2022 | Family Law, Joshua M. Feneis, News
For the past year and a half, I have spent hundreds of hours working with a refugee father on a complicated child custody and family law case in Minnesota. I agreed to work on the case on a pro bono basis, meaning my client did not have to pay for my hourly legal...
