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We are now over a month and a half past the closing of the application window for social equity applicants to apply for pre-approval of cannabis licenses from Office of Cannabis Management. The burning question is: when will people know if their application was accepted into the lottery? We do...

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As a contractor, getting paid for work completed isn’t always as easy as collecting onsite or sending an invoice. Hellmuth & Johnson construction law attorney Blake Nelson answers fact or fiction when it comes to collections, interest and liens and Minnesota state law. It is legal to charge 18% per...

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The delays continue regarding the overtime rule that was originally set to go into effect on December 1, 2016. This rule would have raised the salary threshold for exempt employees – those employees who were not entitled to overtime – to $47,476 from $23,660. Implementation of this rule was delayed...

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“And on the seventh day God ended his work … and he rested… from all his work.” Genesis 2:2 (King James Bible version) Now that Minnesotans can purchase off-sale liquor on Sundays, the question becomes what’s next for retailers and consumers on that day. There aren’t that many legal barriers...

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This article, the fourth in a series of updates regarding the implementation of the Buffer Law, summarizes six common alternative practices that landowners may wish to consider in lieu of a standard buffer. Read more in Part One: The Law; Part Two: Compliance; and Part Three: Enforcement. The Buffer Law...

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Those of us of a “certain age” know exactly what a speaker means when she says, “She’s the ‘Mrs. Kravitz’ of the neighborhood.” For those too young to appreciate the reference, “Mrs. Kravitz” was a character in the sitcom “Bewitched” who was the nosey neighborhood biddy who monitored events through...

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“To create a public scandal is what’s wicked” French Author Moliere, Tartuffe (1664)   Forty-five years ago this week, Saturday, June 17, 1972, to be exact, was the beginning of one of the greatest American political scandals until now: the bungled burglary at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. It...