Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking at ICBA Live, March 11-14, 2025 on “Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: Director Crisis Management and Data Breach Response.” If a catastrophic data breach happened today, would your bank be prepared to handle it? Bank management must have an action plan in place to comply with legal obligations ...
March 11, 2025
The 2024 legislative session saw the Minnesota Legislature make a number of sweeping changes and clarifications to the State’s one-year-old cannabis statute. And in recent days, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) added some additional details and clarity every aspiring cannabis entrepreneur should note. In May, the Legislature defined the process applicants will need to ...
Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking at Minnesota CLE’s 2024 Banking Law Institute on May 8, 2024. Their presentation is titled, “Credit Union Acquisitions of Banks and Bank Branches.” Bank M & A deal volume around the country has been driven recently by credit union acquisitions of banks, with four new deals announced ...
May 8, 2024
Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking at ICBA Live on March 14-17, 2024. On March 14, they will present, “Navigating Difficult Board and Officer Strategy Decisions.” Discover strategies for decision making both in difficult situations as well as strategic decisions in organizational planning. We’ll provide an overview of existing roles and responsibilities of directors ...
March 13, 2024
Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking at the WBA Bank Executives Conference, which will be held February 7 through February 9 at the Kalahari Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells. The title of their presentation is, “Capital Strategies to Keep Your Bank Independent.” This conference is ideal for community banking executives to come together ...
February 7-9, 2024
Tony Moch, Amber Kraemer, Tom Walker and Trina Sjoberg will be presenting at the Bank Holding Company Association (BHCA) Fall Seminar on October 2, 2023. They will be presenting, “Significant Legal Issues in Bank M&A Deals: Case Studies.” Banks spend significant time on employment, compensation, benefits and staffing matters that arise in any M&A transaction; ...
October 2, 2023
Winthrop & Weinstine attorneys Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking at the BankIn Minnesota Convention, July 31 – August 2, 2023. Their presentation is titled, “Navigating Difficult Board and Officer Strategy Decisions.” This presentation will provide directors and officers with a reminder of the key legal principles which should underly their decision making ...
July 31, 2023
This is the first post of many to analyze Minnesota’s recreational adult use cannabis legislation. Authors: David M. Aafedt, Gerald H. Fornwald, Peter G. Economou We are within days of adult recreational cannabis officially becoming a law here in the North Star State.[1] Competing bills have woven their way through dozens of committees in both ...
With the Minnesota House passing its version of an adult-use cannabis bill this week, and the Minnesota Senate scheduled to debate—and potentially vote on—its own bill, here are 5 things to keep your eye on. 1. Differences are Narrowing. In their original forms, the House and Senate bills were dramatically different, with some describing the ...
Winthrop attorneys Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking on March 13, 2023 at the National Annual Convention of the Independent Community Bankers of America. They will present, “Navigating Third Party Vendor Contract Negotiations in a Challenging Environment.” More community banks are engaging outside third party vendors to provide additional products and services to ...
March 13, 2023
Winthrop attorneys Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be attending the Bank Holding Company Association’s (BHCA) Fall Seminar: Aiming for M&A Success on October 2-3, 2022. They will be moderating the panel, “Meet the Folks who Started Entre Bank, the Upper Midwest’s First de novo in 14 Years.” This one-day community bank M&A seminar will bring ...
October 2-3, 2022
Winthrop Attorneys Anton Moch, Amber Kraemer, and Jack Koepke published an article, “Should Your Bank Provide Cryptocurrency Services?” on August 9, 2022 on BankBeat.biz, the premier online source for timely or breaking community banking news. The article explores how the “the decision depends on several factors, including federal and state law, the specific type of ...