In May 2025, substantial amendments to Minnesota’s trust and estate statutes were enacted. Some of these changes include changes to the Uniform Trust Code, the Uniform Probate Code, the Power of Appointment Act, and to modernize Minnesota’s statutory Rule Against Perpetuities. These revisions update the legal framework governing trusts and estates in Minnesota and enhance planning opportunities for multi-generation estate planning.
Are You Ready for Minnesota’s New Data Privacy Law?
The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (“MCDPA”) introduces new rights for consumers and new obligations for businesses – and it takes effect July 31, 2025. If your business handles personal information from Minnesota residents, now is the time to prepare. Can you respond to consumer requests under the new law? Are your opt-out tools in place? Have you updated your privacy notice?
Intellectual property and business law attorney, Johnathan “J.R.” Maddox has joined Henson Efron. Maddox will focus on the development and protection of clients’ intellectual property and other business assets through creative and efficient litigation and transactional legal work. Maddox brings 10 years of legal experience, much of which is focused on all disciplines of intellectual property…
Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments of 2008 on Commercial Real Estate: Part 3
Post 3 of 3: The ADA, OSHA, and Other Safety Laws and Standards Previously, we discussed the applicability of regulations promulgated under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as well as the ADA Amendments that took effect January 1, 2009 to commercial real estate owners and developers. While requirements of the ADA impact commercial real…
Estate, trust and probate attorney Christopher J. Burns and family law attorney Lisa T. Spencer recently presented “DDT (Divorce, Death and Taxes)… Not the Insecticide” at the 2013 Probate and Trust Law Section Conference. The presentation discussed, in detail, the interrelated issues between marital dissolution and estate planning. Image Source: www.minncle.org/index.aspx
The Minnesota Legislature recently passed, and the Governor has signed, an omnibus tax bill which has wide-ranging tax consequences. Many of those consequences have been covered by local media, and the Henson Efron Estate Planning, Probate, and Trust Administration attorneys would like to share a few concerns regarding the estate and gift tax changes. Minnesota Tax…
Attorney John C. Levy was recently interviewed for a story in Minnesota Lawyer on the growing legal industry for food trucks. Levy, president of MFTA and co-owner of AZ Canteen, said that he wants to help develop the best practices for food trucks, be an advocate and a source for information when trucks deal with licensing,…
At the end of 2012, fearing the federal gift exemption was about to shrink from $5.12 million to $1 million, many affluent individuals made gifts to family members. To almost everyone’s surprise, however, not only did Congress renew the $5.12 million federal gift tax exemption, they increased it to $5.25 million. Estate planning, trust and…