The 2023 Minnesota State Legislative Session was one of the most active in state history. The legislature passed several significant bills that will affect businesses based in Minnesota and businesses operating in Minnesota. Monroe…
As the country’s hospitality industry continues to open up, we at MMB have been inundated with questions about mask policies and vaccination statuses. Specifically, in the face of a rising delta variant — but…
At this point it is no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the commercial real estate market in general and restaurants in particular. During the summer and fall of…
A bankruptcy court in Illinois has held that a governor’s shut-down order, combined with a force majeure provision in a restaurant’s lease, partially excused the restaurant’s obligation to pay rent.* The case is significant…
On June 15, 2020, in a case entitled Bostock v. Clayton County, the United States. Supreme Court ruled that an employer who fires an individual for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of…
On June 10, 2020, the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a Minneapolis ordinance that governs safe and sick time for employees working in Minneapolis: Minnesota Chamber of Commerce v. City of Minneapolis, No. A18-0771 (Minn….
As businesses reopen and seek to restore operations to pre-COVID levels, we have received a number of questions concerning the use of liability waivers to reduce legal risk related to COVID-19. The main concern…
In recent weeks, we have received questions from clients regarding the effect of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) on cases that are currently pending in the courts or disputes that might be headed toward litigation….
Recently we have seen a noticeable uptick in so-called American’s with Disability Act (“ADA”) “Drive-by” suits. These suits are labeled as such because plaintiffs often ride around neighbors and areas looking for ADA violations…
