On Friday, March 13, the MSBA CLE program will present the 2009 Minnesota Business Torts Deskbook Seminar (including the fully searchable Deskbook on CD ROM). I will be presenting on my chapter, Credit and Collections, which focuses on the Truth-in-Lending Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and the Minnesota […]

In the Matter of the Petition of Crablex, Inc., Minn. App. Ct. , Court File No. A08-0458, decided 2/10/09. We are in an age of foreclosures and the Minnesota Court of Appeals has issued a published decision making clear that a foreclosure action “never binds any one who has not been made a party, or […]

States have long had laws that prevent opportunistic pricing in times of natural disaster or laws that address particularly vulnerable groups. In these challenging times, the Minnesota legislature has addressed the risk that some might seek to exploit those in the dire circumstances of foreclosure. Today brings news of the Minnesota AG’s office seeking to […]