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Jason Harby will be presenting at the Montana Housing Partnership Conference, taking place May 18-20, 2026. He will be presenting a breakout session titled “With this Partnership I Thee Wed.” This session will explore best practices for structuring partnership agreements that clearly define roles, responsibilities, and expectations from deal inception through Year 15. Attendees will ...
Vanessa Runtsch will be a moderator for the panel “Of Foreign Exchange & Foreign (1031) Exchanges: Outbound Real Estate Transactions and Structuring” at the 2026 May Tax Meeting from May 7-9, 2026. Learn more and register here.
Kyle Kroll will be speaking at the Minnesota CLE AI and the Law Conference: Mid-Year Update on May 6, 2026. The conference is a focused, timely program designed to keep legal professionals current on the most important artificial intelligence developments shaping the legal landscape. Kyle will present “AI in Action: AI Use Cases in Appellate ...
Tami Diehm will be a panelist at the Mitchell Hamline’s Women in Law Tea Event on May 5th, 2026. This panel will be an inspiring conversation on voting rights and election law.
Inspired by former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Esther M. Tomljanovich ’55, the Celebration of Women in Law Tea recognizes the accomplishments and challenges of women in the legal profession for over a quarter of a century. The event will feature a networking reception with Mitchell Hamline alumni, students, friends, and colleagues—with optional tea party-inspired attire, including ...
Christianna Finnern will be speaking at the 2026 Business Law Institute taking place May 4-5th, 2026. She will be presenting “What’s Happening in Healthcare – Impact of Federal Funding on Medicare & Medicaid, Rural Health Systems, and the Impact of Minnesota’s NEW Healthcare Transaction Law.” Learn more and register here.
Phil Colton will be speaking at the 20th Annual Capital Markets Summit on April 25, 2025. He will join a panel discussing, “Capitalizing on Opportunities Arising from Tax Law Changes in 2026.” Anticipating key tax law revisions now effective in the legislative framework for 2026. Exploring expanded opportunities in enhanced tax credit allocations. Reviewing the ...
Joel Peters-Fransen will join a panel discussion, “Don’t Lose Your Losses: An Update on NOL Planning,” at the 26th Annual U.S. and Europe Tax Practice Trends Conference in Rome, Italy on April 16, 2026. This panel will explore recent developments and practical planning considerations surrounding the use and preservation of net operating losses (NOLs) in ...
Chris Cerny will be speaking at the 22nd Annual Minnesota Environmental Institute on April 14, 2026. He will be presenting “CERCLA/MERLA Basics.” This session will analyze the elements and liabilities of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA) and its Minnesota counterpart (MERLA), along with their implications for contaminated property transfers, cleanups and emerging ...
Multifamily developers with active or planned build-to-rent (“BTR”) or single-family rental (“SFR”) strategies should treat the Senate-passed 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act as an immediate transaction and underwriting issue. In its current form, the Act would do more than simply regulate scattered-site SFR acquisition by institutional investors—it would also impact many planned or active ...
Sunčica Sejdinović and Joel Peters-Fransen published the article “A ‘Schlimited Bartner’ by Any Other Name Would Be as SECA Exempt?” in Tax Notes. The article examines the Fifth Circuit’s ruling in Sirius through a textualist lens. They focus on the highly textualist approach of the majority opinion and attempt to engage with it directly on ...
Earlier this month, the FTC released updated text of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which compiles the complete text of the FCRA, including all amendments, into one document to assist users and furnishers of consumer reports with compliance. The document was revised to include the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act’s (Public Law 119-36) requirements in ...