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November 2016
The Minnesota Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, recently confirmed that a corporate officer is entitled to indemnification for her attorneys’ fees in defending allegations of corporate misconduct for her personal benefit. The underlying message: if you sue your business partner for taking money from the company, she may nevertheless get her legal fees...
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In a dispute over whether a defendant could claim immunity from being sued, the Minnesota Supreme Court recently relied upon a principle of grammar to determine the meaning of the word “or” in the applicable statute.[1]  The Court deployed the terms “conjunctively” and “disjunctively” to explain its decision, and the cases cited in the Court’s opinion show that legal...
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Many companies doing business in Minnesota must register with the Minnesota Secretary of State, annually filing their name, address, registered agent for service of process, an officer’s contact information, and other data.[1] Minnesota corporations and limited liability companies generally also file their articles of organization or articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State.[2] On occasion,...
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