After another snowy winter, Minnesota is finally warming into spring. As the snow melts, we start seeing green grass emerging from beneath the snow, but that’s not all that is emerging – there’s also an abundance of potholes. As the Twin Cities are overwhelmed with...
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Corporations as Litigants: What Businesses Need to Know About Direct and Derivative Lawsuits and Special Litigation Committees
When Businesses are Involved in Lawsuits: Corporations as Litigants Business enterprises (corporations for purposes of this article), just like people, can be sued and can sue other corporations or people. In our legal system, a corporation is considered a person and...
A Few Legal Terms in the News: Defamation, Libel, Slander, and the First Amendment
The news is filled with a buzz about conspiracy theories and networks settling lawsuits about false statements. Regardless of the substance of these disputes, all of them circle around some basic, age-old legal concepts. What is Defamation? Defamation refers to the...


