Minnesota’s recently enacted Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law goes into effect on January 1, 2026. Under the program, employees will be entitled to take up to 20 weeks of PFML in a 12-month period. Qualifying reasons to take leave include: the birth or adoption of a child, the employee’s own serious health condition, […]

As part of a special legislative session, earlier this month the Minnesota legislature passed several laws that will impact Minnesota employers. Paid Leave Law Despite pressure from various business groups to postpone implementation of Minnesota’s Paid Leave Law (MPLL), the legislature rejected such calls and MPLL is slated to take effect on January 1, 2026. […]

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced its interim final rule regarding the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) filing requirements. Through this interim final rule, all entities formed in the U.S. and their beneficial owners, regardless of whether those beneficial owners are U.S. persons, are exempt from the BOI filing requirement, including […]

Beneficial ownership information reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) are once again in effect. On January 13, 2025 the Supreme Court overturned the December 5, 2024 nationwide injunction barring enforcement of the CTA. This development didn’t result in the filing requirements being reinstated because a second injunction remained in place until that too […]

On December 26, 2024, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order vacating its stay of a Texas District Court’s prior injunction suspending enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Previously, enforcement of the CTA was reinstated on December 23, but the December 26 order again suspended enforcement of the CTA and its beneficial ownership […]

Website “Terms of Use” and “Privacy Policies” are often overlooked by many businesses but given the importance of websites to a business and the potential liabilities, they should be carefully considered.  Ideally, terms of use should reflect how a website is used by the business and visitors to the site, and should include appropriate legal […]

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal recently hosted its Estate Planning Table of Experts panel discussion, where Jennifer Lammers, a partner in our Private Wealth Planning practice group, joined the discussion on on navigating issues such as health care directives, charitable giving, and upcoming changes to the tax landscape. “Your best tool is a good advisor,” Jennifer stated. “It’s most […]

After a slew of new employment laws were passed last year, in the final days of this year’s legislative session, Governor Walz signed additional legislation that will impact employers large and small.  The new laws, some of which went into effect immediately and others of which go into effect over the next few weeks, cover […]

On April 23, 2024 the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule increasing the salary requirements for employees to be considered exempt from overtime compensation under the executive, administrative and professional exemptions. The rule is set to take effect July 1, 2024.  Currently, employees classified as exempt in these categories must be paid a […]

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission issued its final rule banning post-employment non-competes on a nationwide basis. Although it appears unlikely that this administrative rule will survive legal challenges, employers should be aware of these important aspects of the rule: In releasing the final rule, the FTC published a “fact sheet,” available here, which […]