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May 21, 2024

Don’t Mess With Sasquatch: Family Business Is No Place For Revenge

We investigate the tumultuous family business saga surrounding the Jack Link’s Meat Snacks empire.

May 16, 2024

Clean Up on Aisle Five: Exiting The Family Business Can Create a Mess

We delve into Kim Lund's journey to extricate herself from her family’s grocery chain enterprise.

March 21, 2024

How Greed Can Unravel a Family Business

We discuss the high-profile Evenstad Upsher-Smith case, highlighting the extreme schisms that are possible in family business and how arbitration clauses can protect the future of a business.

February 20, 2024

The Force Out: Protecting Minority Shareholder Rights

When family business owners are determined to force another owner out of the business, they tend to get sneaky and play loose with the rules –to the point that they end up jeopardizing the business itself. On this episode of Divided Dynasties, Mark Briol and Scott Benson delve into a specific case, McGrath v. MICO, to share the telltale signs...

February 7, 2024

How to Navigate High-Asset Divorce – Simulating a Prenup for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

In high-asset divorce cases, the financial issues are often complex, requiring the proper valuation of businesses or other assets, consideration of prenuptial agreements or estate plans, asset and income tracing, and alleged hidden assets or fraud. When you are the world’s biggest power couple, even more is at stake. On this episode, Mark Briol and...

January 3, 2024

Sibling Rivalries & Managing the Balance of Power

Drawing on real-life scenarios like the Kardashian family, our hosts highlight the hard truth of sibling rivalry within family business. From sharing every secret with each other, to sharing a business together, siblings can easily become a family business’s biggest nightmare. On this episode of Divided Dynasties, our experts Mark Briol and Scott Benson delve...

December 6, 2023

Family Business Succession Planning

During episode 2 of the Divided Dynasties podcast, Mark Briol and Scott Benson discuss how family business members can establish parameters for orderly succession and how to effectively broach the prospect of leadership change with a company founder. Plus, they explain how a legal team can even the playing field for minority shareholders navigating the treacherous waters of power transfer.

November 17, 2023

How To Fire Your Family Member To Save The Family Business

On episode one, Mark and Scott outline the first questions that family business owners should ask themselves when considering litigation. Plus, they explain what makes family business unique, the importance of following corporate formalities and some of the best and worst cases they have litigated.

October 27, 2023

Mark Briol Recognized As A Power 30 Honoree For Top Business Litigation Attorneys

Minnesota Lawyer has recognized Attorney Mark Briol as a Power 30 Honoree for Top Business Litigation Attorneys in Minnesota.