Attorneys typically function with one eye on the clock, often juggling competing priorities, demands and expectations, both those they impose on themselves and those they take on from others. Many respond with either perpetual busyness or perpetual stuckness. Changing some personal practices may enable you to befriend time rather than treat it>>>
Judicial Elections 2010: Minnesotans Stay the Course
While partisanship, controversy, and legal challenges colored many judicial races around the country this fall, Minnesota judges ran positive campaigns, featuring their experience, qualifications, and widespread support. More aggressive challenges and closer races suggest, however, that judges’ supporters may need to adjust their strategies>>>
Commentary: Responding to the 2010 Judicial Elections
Judicial elections nationwide in 2010 have highlighted the growing influence of money and special interests while heightening concerns for preservation of a fair and impartial judiciary that enjoys public confidence. The 2010 election cycle highlights concerns about the conduct of judicial elections, including the influence of money and special>>>
Commentary: Destroying Your Own Business
What law firms consider their strengths may prove to be their weaknesses in today’s rapidly changing business environment. Firms that fail to aggressively innovate to meet growing competition may be missing a key opportunity to save themselves. Well before Blockbuster Video actually filed for bankruptcy protection last fall, The Onion>>>
Assessing the Risks: Corporate Compliance and Ethics Programs
As the regulatory environment continues to evolve, corporations may find they can get ahead of the enforcement curve by establishing a program to deter wrongdoing, develop an ethical and self-policing culture, and catch and correct their own problems. Bad corporate behavior is all around us—or at least it seems that way, given the>>>
Finding “Lost” Money: Five Creative Techniques for Proving a Party’s True Income in Litigation
Believe it or not, some people are not always very honest when it comes to full disclosure of their income. Sure, ascertaining the opposing party’s income is easy when they are a salaried employee who receives a W-2 at the end of the year. But what about the owner of Joe’s Custom Basket Weaving? Or JoAnn’s Look-Like-You Lawn>>>
Whither Whistleblowing? Uncertainty Stalks the Way Ahead
The Minnesota Supreme Court’s Kidwell decision has left whistleblowing employees, employers, and advocates for both with less than they had hoped for, while leaving a number of uncertainties for all who ponder the new bounds of whistleblower law. The long-awaited ruling this summer by the Minnesota Supreme Court in the landmark>>>
Social Media for Lawyers
Social media are transforming the way people communicate, creating new opportunities—and also risks—for those who venture into this freewheeling and ever-changing environment. Attuned to the import of precise and nuanced communications, lawyers especially need to be aware of the openings and the pitfalls of these new>>>
Trade Secrets: Not Just for IP Lawyers Anymore
Changes in business culture and technology over the past 30 years have increased the risk that businesses will suffer theft of their trade secrets. Litigation to enforce a trade secret claim can be both difficult and expensive; better to identify and protect such secrets in advance. Trade secrets, patents, protecting business information. In>>>
Managing Employment Expectations of Employee-Shareholders
Employee-shareholders of closely held corporations may reasonably expect continued employment but corporations need to manage their business, including the ability to make management changes. Careful drafting of employment and shareholder agreements to balance these expectations can mitigate difficulty if conflicts arise. A company’s>>>
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