Amendments to Minnesota Business Corporation Act
If you are a shareholder of a Minnesota corporation you may be aware of the “squeeze out” process that occurs through a reduction of shares to a fractional share and the subsequent exercise of the corporation’s rights to cash out and redeem that fractional share (e.g. you previously owned 30,000 shares and after the reduction… View Article
Posted on Monday, April 28th, 2014
SBA Eliminates the “Personal Resources Test”
The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) recently released its Final Rule for its updates to the popular 504 and 7(a) loan programs. Before April 21, 2014, an applicant for one of these popular SBA loans was required to show that the desired funds were not available from the personal resources of any owner of 20%… View Article
Posted on Friday, April 11th, 2014
Good Contracting and Agreement Practices for Businesses and Individuals Providing Fee-Based Creative, Development and Marketing Services
Whether you are a freelance independent contractor or an established company that develops websites or applications, creates graphic design work-product, or engages in SEO/SEM work, you may have experienced many customers or potential customers who want “something for nothing” (i.e. for the possibility of something in the future). For example, many start-ups or established companies… View Article
Posted on Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
HIPAA Administrative Simplification Rules
The Department of Health and Human Services provided its Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”), the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, and Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules (collectively also known as the “Final Rule”) on January 25, 2013…. View Article
Posted on Thursday, February 13th, 2014