Minnesota Litigator has been tracking the case for some time about Dr. McKee and an unhappy customer with access to the internet and no reservations about using it to express his dissatisfaction with Dr. McKee. And last week, the Minnesota Supreme Court granted a request to review the case. The intermediate Court of Appeals had […]
Update (April 4, 2012): Plaintiff Bank of Montreal (“BMO”) survives (in significant part) defendants’ motion to dismiss BMO’s second amended complaint. BMO [, the party claiming it was the victim of fraud,] cannot assert a claim based on Defendants’ statements to BMOCM/Steenbergen unless those statements were actually conveyed to BMO. It is not enough to […]
Update (March 29, 2102): U.S. District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz gave fair warning (see below). The “show me the note” foreclosure defense is now officially not only a losing defense but a sanction-triggering one. Original Post (under Subject Line:Pied Piper or Consumer Advocate Sticking Up for Underdogs?) (March 1, 2012): The pied piper of Hamelin […]
These days, the great majority of consumers are aware of the complex world of “price discrimination,” also known as “price differentiation,” in which sellers charge different consumers different prices for more or less identical goods or services. “Early adopters” of high-technology bric-a-brac pay a premium for the latest/greatest gadget when it first comes on the […]
SuperValu subsidiary, Jewel Food Store, created a graphic congratulating one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan is more than a mere human being and more than a Hall of Fame basketball player. His name and his image can be valuable assets — his valuable assets. So, was this “a […]
This linked article on the potential failure of a simultaneously nation-wide and hyper-local one-journalist “newspaper” blog business effort, “Patch,” is the impetus for this note. (Southwest Minneapolis Patch is here, by the way. (There are 25 “Patch” publications in Minnesota.) There are obvious rewards and opportunities for single-author blogs and solo lawyers — the autonomy, the […]
The Minnesota bar is rich with talented, experienced, ethical, and exceptional lawyers, many of whom have interesting niche practices so that their sterling reputations are confined to a community of cognoscenti. (A few, on the other hand, have such a specialized practice areas that their reputations are nationwide (like this guy)). In weeks to come, Minnesota […]
A recent decision by Federal District Court Judge David Doty in Laitinen v. Per Mar Security provides an excellent overview of some of the less common claims that can arise in employment disputes.
Update (March 24, 2012): State legislators have no doubt heard from constituents about what many see as the excesses of Petters clawback litigation, as innocent people and charitable institutions have been sued for the return of years-old gifts and donations. Bryan Lake, “our man in St. Paul,” notes a new statute, HF1384, passed by the […]
E-discovery expenses can be significant. Can they be taxed to the losing party as standard (although now high tech) exemplification fees or the costs of making copies? In Race Tires America, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit limited taxable e-discovery costs to scanning and file conversion. Scanning and file conversion are typically […]