Katie Johnson and Anne Paterson will present at Minnesota CLE’s “How to Draft a Commercial Real Estate Purchase Agreement” seminar on August 27.

The Purchase Agreement is the bedrock document of any commercial transaction. This seminar will take a deep dive into the purchase agreement by analyzing key provisions. Additionally, sessions will explore the essential steps before entering into an agreement and considerations for closing.

Katie and Anne will present a session on “The Purchase Agreement – Part III.”

• Pre-employment drug testing
• Salary postings
• Restrictive employment covenants
• Access to personnel files
• Sick and Safe time
• Paid Family and Medical Leave
• Independent contractor misclassification
• Pregnancy accommodations
• Employees’ rights posters
• The Minnesota Human Rights Act

Mary Susan Gerber and Tim Sitzmann are presenting a CLE at the MIPLA Stampede CLE Program & Annual Meeting May 2, 2024. Their session is titled, “Trademark Searches and Clearance Analyses in a Global and Internet-Intensive Marketplace.”

This session will provide a primer on trademark clearance strategies, as well as specific considerations for clients with a significant international reach or meaningful commercial presence on the Internet. The presentation will provide practical insights to assist in-house and outside counsel in developing a consistent strategy that fits their clients’ needs (and budget). It will also discuss some of the unique considerations and strategies for clearance searches for mobile app products, SaaS solutions, and similar industries that are heavily dependent on the Internet for advertising and sales, as well as the extent to which clearance search strategies should include consideration of trademark rights outside of the United States and the effects of the Supreme Court’s recent Abitron decision.

With the recent conclusion of the 2024 legislative session, the rapid advancement in AI technologies, and what feels like more cybersecurity risks than ever, there’s no better time to review new issues in these areas and evaluate their potential impact on your business. Please join the Minnesota Broadcasters Association for a webinar on June 11th, 2024, with Winthrop & Weinstine attorney Lisa Ellingson, that will cover:

• The brand new MN Consumer Data Privacy Act
• The latest in cybersecurity threats
• Current AI uses and regulations

Lisa is the co-chair of the Data Security & Privacy practice at the law firm of Winthrop & Weinstine and a Certified Information Privacy Professional and Certified Information Privacy Manager.

Looking to make sense of the endless acronyms in the world of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC)? Join Winthrop’s own Paul Manda on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law’s Annual Conference, as he moderates a lively discussion on the various financing products available in Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) transactions. This panel of experienced practitioners will compare and contrast commonly used senior debt financing products in their session titled: “223(f), 221(d)(4), TELs, MTEBs, Conventional Financing – Dissecting the Alphabet Soup of Loan Structures in LIHTC Transactions.”

Lisa Ellingson will be presenting at Minnesota CLE’s AI and the Law Conference on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The session is titled, “The Impact of AI on Employment Law: Mitigating Risks and Navigating Regulations in AI-Driven Recruitment and Retention.”

This program will bring you the latest developments and updates on artificial intelligence, ChatGPT and other tools that lawyers need to know about to stay informed. Learn how (1) you can use AI to enhance your law practices whether in law firm management or using it for legal research and writing and everything in between or (2) assist clients using AI tools and how to best advise them.

Laura Pfeiffer and Rachel Brygger will be co-presenting on “Paid Sick and Family Leave Laws,” at The Law Firm Alliance Associate Forum webinar on April 10, 2024.

The list of states and even cities that have enacted new paid leave laws continues to grow.  Chicago’s new leave law permits employees to use accrued paid leave for any purpose, while the newly enacted Colorado law now requires earned vacation time to be treated as wages, which must be paid out. The panel will feature practitioners from both coasts and the heart of the country.  They will share overviews of their states’ laws and provide practical suggestions. LFA Group Chair, Joelle Khouzam of Bricker & Ecker will moderate and panelists include Laura Pfeiffer and Rachel Brygger of Winthrop & Weinstine in Minnesota, Marissa Mastroianni of Cole Schotz in New Jersey and Melanie Kim of Donahue Fitzgerald in the Bay Area.

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 in January alone. The panelists will discuss the complexity of these transactions – involving multiple regulators, federal and state tax issues, state and trade association opposition and many strategic considerations – from the perspective of the target bank and the credit union acquirer. Learn from our experts what is driving this market, how these deals get done and what may be coming next.

Winthrop is proud to sponsor the upcoming Upper Midwest Convenience Store and Energy Convention (UMCS) taking place at the Saint Paul RiverCentre from April 15-17. UMCS, hosted by Fueling Minnesota and FUELIowa, is the largest event for fuel marketers and c-store professionals in the Upper Midwest.

Join attorneys Tami Diehm, Jim Dierking and Noreen Johnson Sedgeman on April 15 for an exciting session on: “Succession & Strategic Planning – Positioning Your Organization for the Future.”

The UMCS is a joint venture between FUELING MINNESOTA and the FUELIowa trade associations consisting of more than 1,200 regular member companies and 420 associate companies in the states of Minnesota and Iowa.

Mary Taylor and Jessica Willes will be presenting at Minnesota CLE’s How to Resolve Survey, Description and Boundary Issues seminar on May 9, 2024.  They will present, “Reading and Understanding the Survey,” which will give an overview of the required and optional elements of an ALTA/NSPS survey, and helpful pointers for review.