Only Second from St. Cloud Since 1883 Dyan Ebert of Quinlivan & Hughes has been named President-Elect of the Minnesota State Bar Association and will serve as president next year. The election took place at the MSBA Annual Convention held June 27-28, 2019. Ebert...
Month: June 2019
Minnesota Enacts Wage Theft Law and Increases Employers’ Wage and Hour Obligations
Minnesota's just passed perhaps the greatest change to Minnesota wage and hour law in recent years. The law greatly expands employee protections, creates additional administrative requirements for employers, and imposes criminal penalties for employers that engage in...
Look Boss, No Hands! Minnesota’s New Hands Free Driving Law and its Impact on Employers
Beginning on August 1, 2019, Minnesota will join many other states and begin enforcement of a new law that requires hands free operation of a mobile device while driving a motor vehicle. The law recognizes the public safety issue and the fact that technology has...
Recent Decision Signals Shift In Court’s Perception Of What Constitutes Insurer Bad Faith In First-party Actions.
On Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals handed down a decision that could have far-ranging impacts for insurance companies. The decision in Peterson v. W. Nat'l Mut. Ins. Co., No. A18-1081, 2019 WL 2332400 (Minn. Ct. App. June 3, 2019), suggests that insurance...