Pay NowTim Matson and Barry O’Neil spoke at the 2014 Stampede by the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association on Monday, May 19, 2014 at Windows on Minnesota. They presented “Ripoffs, Break-Ups and Kool & the Gang: Entertainment IP Updates.”
The Minnesota Supreme Court released its highly anticipated decision in Peterson v. Western National on July 29, 2020. This decision was the first case in which the Court interpreted the first party bad faith statute, Minn. Stat. § 604.18. As expected, the Court interpreted the statute in a way that will likely lead to more …
In Kenneh vs. Homeward Bound, Inc., 2020 WL 2893352 (Minn. S. Ct. 2020), the Minnesota Supreme Court rendered a decision in a human rights violation case. Kenneh sued her former employer, Homeward Bound, for sexual harassment in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act. Minnesota courts have followed federal case law interpreting Title VII of …
As we know, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Peterson vs. Western National Mutual Insurance Company on January 6, 2020. That Minnesota Supreme Court decision concerned Minnesota’s new bad faith statute: Minn. Stat. § 604.18. In essence, in that third-party action a UIM claim was brought against Western National, it went to verdict …
Choinsky vs. Employers Insurance Company of Wisconsin, 390 Wis.2d 209, 936 N.W.2d 548 (Wis. 2020). As we all know, Wisconsin is a direct action statute. That means that in negligence cases the liability insurer for a defendant may be joined as a party defendant. Wis. Stat. Sec. 803.04. In addition, the liability insurer may be …
After two and a half years of litigation, a biological father has been recognized as a legal parent of his child who was placed for adoption without his consent, according to the Minnesota Supreme Court’s recent decision in T.G.G. v. H.E.S. Although the father did not register with the Father’s Adoption Registry within 30 days …
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) passed a Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act effective as of February 4, 2020 through October 1, 2024. Manufacturers are protected from legal liability for additional 12 months from the above expiration date.[1] Under the PREP Declaration, negligence cases involving future COVID-19 vaccines, …