The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) recently announced that it will work with regulated businesses to devise alternative means of complying with environmental regulations, where necessary in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Knowing the operational challenges you currently face, we have summarized below the process for requesting relief from the MPCA if COVID-19 is […]
On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). The CARES Act contains an emergency loan program aimed at helping small businesses pay payroll and other operating costs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because access to federal loan assistance is critical to decisions regarding your business operations, we […]
All of us at Best & Flanagan hope you and your loved ones are healthy and safe during this time. Our office is open remotely and we are maintaining normal business hours and after hours as needed. We are taking new clients and serving existing clients. Please know we are here to help during this […]
We have been tracking local, state and federal actions regarding COVID-19, including Governor Walz’s “stay at home” executive order, COVID-19 related paid-leave and small business loan assistance. Updates on the “Stay At Home” Executive Order The “Stay At Home” Minnesota Executive Order 20-20 issued on March 25th requires Minnesotans to stay home except to engage in certain […]
On March 18, 2020, the federal government passed emergency legislation to support businesses and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning Thursday, April 2, 2020, employees will be able to access new, temporary paid leave if they are absent from work because of COVID-19, including to care for children due to school closures. Employers may use […]
With Minnesota schools closing this week and given the updates and recommendations we have received from government and other sources, Best & Flanagan has implemented a remote work plan beginning today, March 16. We hope we will be able to re-open our physical office and resume normal operations by Monday, March 30. All attorneys, paralegals […]
At Best & Flanagan, we focus daily on achieving dual goals of excellent, personalized client service and a positive and healthy firm culture. In that spirit, we want to update you, our clients and friends, about our contingency planning relating to the Coronavirus pandemic. As we know all of you are, we are taking active […]
Best & Flanagan is pleased to announce three partners and two associates as exciting additions to our expanding private wealth planning, intellectual property and business law practices. Private Wealth Planning Robert A. McLeod is listed as among the Top 100 Lawyer in Minnesota for his accomplished probate, trust, guardianship and fiduciary litigation practice. From simple […]
Last week, Best & Flanagan sponsored Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal’s seventh annual Bizwomen Mentoring Monday event. Nearly 250 professional women from diverse industries and sectors across the Twin Cities came to make connections and learn from one another during group and one-on-one sessions. Best & Flanagan’s Managing Partner, Sarah Crippen, participated as a mentor and shared her […]
On Monday, February 10, 2020, Best & Flanagan’s Tom Heffelfinger and seven other former United States attorneys submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the need for congressional action in addressing the jurisdictional division of authority among tribal and state law enforcement on the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s historical reservation. In December 2019, the Supreme […]