Minnesota has enacted sweeping changes to the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act that strengthen owner rights by standardizing notice and meeting practices, curbing abusive fines and late charges, prohibiting conflicts of interest for boards and managers, requiring competitive bidding for large maintenance and construction contracts, and prohibiting retaliation against owners who assert their rights.
Navigating Minnesota Protection Orders: OFPs vs. HROs
Minnesota provides two primary civil remedies to address safety and harassment concerns: Orders for Protection (OFPs) and Harassment Restraining Orders (HROs). While both can impose no-contact and stay-away conditions, they arise under different standards, protect against different conduct, and follow distinct procedures. Understanding the right fit—and how to obtain it—can be critical to receiving timely and effective relief.
A Super Bowl Blitz of AI Ads
AI governance policy can help you capture the value of AI tools that best fit your business, while reducing legal, operational, financial and ethical risks. Such a policy should set clear rules for carefully evaluating, selecting, authorizing, deploying, and monitoring AI tools. Strong guardrails, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, whitelist approval, and auditability are also important parts of the process.
Minnesota Guardianship Changes in 2024 and 2025: What You Need to Know
Minnesota enacted significant revisions to its guardianship statutes in 2024 and 2025. These changes directly impact guardians – who now face greater potential personal liability – as well as individuals subject to guardianships.
Key Tax Changes Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) became law as President Trump penned the final required signature. The OBBBA extends several provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and includes other changes affecting the taxes of individuals and businesses. Below are summaries of selected tax law provisions.
Minnesota Adopts Changes to Trust and Estate Law, Including 500-Year Dynasty Trusts
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.
Henson Efron is pleased to announce tax attorney Scott Emery has joined the firm. With over 20 years of experience counseling both businesses and individuals and a Master of Laws in Taxation from Washington University School of Law, Scott brings the talent necessary to advise clients on tax issues in a variety of areas including business formation,…
Stuart Williams, a litigation attorney at Henson Efron, was recently reappointed to the St. Louis Park Fire Civil Service Commission for another three year term. The commission is vested with the authority to regulate and supervise the employment, promotion, discharge and suspension of all sworn fire positions of full-time status of the St. Louis Park…
The Estate Planning Gift to Give Your Millennial Children in 2019 by Megan Gorman, Forbes, December 12, 2018 Link to full article. Excerpts from article: “Most Gen Xers and Millennials, when asked by their parents, do not have their financial affairs and estate planning affairs arranged in a manner sufficient to satisfy senior generations,” says…
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® has named Henson Efron a 2019 Best Law Firm for the ninth year in a row. The list, released today, highlights five Henson Efron practice areas in the Minneapolis metropolitan area rankings. Family Law – Tier 1 Commercial Litigation – Tier 2 Family Law Mediation – Tier…
The Minnesota Supreme Court, in a 4-2 decision, ruled that the right to receive earn-out payments, memorialized in a purchase agreement for the sale of marital property, is itself marital property. Henson Efron family law attorneys Alan Eidsness and Lisa Spencer on behalf of their client, Gretchen Gill, won this case before the Supreme Court…
Henson Efron founding member Stanley Efron passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at the age of 87. He was an amiable and magnanimous man, dedicated to his clients and the firm. Stan was a smart and savvy lawyer with the unique ability to advise clients on a broad range of business issues and lead…