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Best & Flanagan’s copyright agent for such notice of DMCA claims can be reached by contacting:

Sarah Crippen
Managing Partner
Best & Flanagan LLP
60 South Sixth Street, Suite 2700
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Direct: 612.341.9733
Fax: 612.339.5897
Email: scrippen@bestlaw.com 

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