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If you are expecting an inheritance, an estate planning tool known as a trust may prove useful, depending on your circumstances. Among the numerous types of trusts aimed at fulfilling different estate planning purposes, an inheritor’s trust is specially designed to help protect an inheritance. Purpose of an Inheritor’s Trust...
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Moore About the World – Who is Neil Gorsuch? Wherever geo-politics and business strategy crash into history, most of this has happened before. Adding his unique brand of wit and wisdom to his problem-fixing experience as a veteran lawyer, Terry Moore mines the past to find straight answers to complicated...
In Minnesota, a homeowner can make a claim for defective construction in new homes (and remodeling projects). The defect or error, however, must be discovered within 10 years of completion of the work. This 10-year deadline is referred to as “the statute of repose.” This 10-year period begins to run...
There has been a flurry of activity since January 20, 2017, regarding immigration control in the United States. Most of the focus has been on building a wall on the Mexican border. However, other initiatives from the federal government will impact employers and businesses more directly. President Trump signed an...
Moore About the World: Negotiating With Nothing – The Seinfeld Maneuver Wherever geo-politics and business strategy crash into history, most of this has happened before. Adding his unique brand of wit and wisdom to his problem-fixing experience as a veteran lawyer, Terry Moore mines the past to find straight answers...
Moore About the World: Political Discourse – Bouncing Along the Bottom Wherever geo-politics and business strategy crash into history, most of this has happened before. Adding his unique brand of wit and wisdom to his problem-fixing experience as a veteran lawyer, Terry Moore mines the past to find straight answers...
The Trump Administration has promised to make immigration control a top priority. Immigration control was among the most prominent issues to the Presidential campaign. While new laws may make their way through Congress and will take time to be enacted and implemented, the federal government already has several statutes to...
Contested cases that prosecute a Immigration Reform and Control Act, or IRCA, claim, have their own unique set of rules. Lawyers will recognize some rules which are consistent with the rules of civil procedure. The rules are set forth in a code of federal regulations. A claim begins when an...
Every business and employer must carefully classify its workers as employees or independent contractors to avoid problems with multiple federal laws. The United States Department of Labor is empowered to investigate instances where employers misclassify workers as independent contractors to avoid federal wage and hour law. Legal and illegal immigrants...
The federal government can, and does, impose penalties on businesses and employers who hire illegal aliens. These penalties can be severe. On December 29, 2016, the government filed a Final Decision and Order levying a $58,950 fine against a business for 107 violations I-9 compliance requirements. The original complaint against...
Only three days after firing Tracy Claeys, the University of Minnesota announced PJ Fleck as its fifth football head coach in ten years. The events leading up to Claeys’ dismissal have deeply hurt the reputation of the University and its football program. The University and athletic department specifically have faced...