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Welcome to Law Currents, the Saliterman & Siefferman, P.C., Attorneys at Law, newsletter. This newsletter, written by the members of the firm, is intended to provide you, your family, your business and employment setting, law updates that may be of personal or professional interest. Additionally, we would like to let you know about the professional and community activities of the members of the firm.

Below are our published articles

Copyright Misuse or a Right to Compete? - May 19, 2010 - 9:47 AM
Thinking about selling a software-hardware package with a license agreement that prevents the licensee from using the software with a competing hardware product? Think again. You may be giving your competitor free reign to steal your software codes.... Read Article »

Collection Of Loans And Debts In The New World. - May 19, 2010 - 9:48 AM
As uncertainty continues to permeate our economy more and more debtors have difficulty paying their bills. A creditor or lender is in constant competition with those similarly situated and must fight for position and priority in the collection process.... Read Article »

Trademarks and Trademark Protection for Businesses - May 19, 2010 - 9:50 AM
Trademarks are a valuable assets to almost any business. They help build goodwill, are a critical component to creating franchises and distributorships, and should be protected to ensure that no one else takes the mark. If you own a business, it is likely you have one or more trademarks.... Read Article »

What Employers Need To Know Before Hiring Foreign Workers - May 19, 2010 - 10:01 AM
As an employer you have options in how to employ foreign employees. First, you have to identify what your needs are: whether you have a temporary need for a foreign worker or permanent need.... Read Article »

The Coveted Green Card-Is It Enough? - May 19, 2010 - 10:01 AM
"Green Card" is a common, well-known term in American vernacular, esteemed for the status it signifies, namely that of lawful permanent resident.... Read Article »

International Adoption: Orphans Reunited - May 19, 2010 - 10:02 AM
The Cruze family arrived at the Saliterman & Siefferman offices from Willmar, having earlier sought, and failing to find, a solution to a complex legal problem: how to bring Svitlana Kyriluk, a 16-year-old Ukrainian orphan and sister of three other orphans, Marina, Anya and Nadya, to the United States.... Read Article »

Plaintiffs' Lawyers And Their Clients "Do Good" - May 19, 2010 - 10:03 AM
It seems to be fashionable these days for a popular press and their friends to wrongly criticize all lawyers who may from time to time represent plaintiffs who present a claim arising from injuries resulting from a defective product.... Read Article »

Retroactive Child Support: A Potential Abyss of Financial Despair - May 19, 2010 - 10:03 AM
The obligation of non-custodial parents to provide financial assistance to their children, commonly referred to as child support, has long been a feature of state and federal legislation.... Read Article »

Fraud Negates Disclaimers of Warranty - May 19, 2010 - 10:04 AM
On February 17, 2004, the Minnesota Court of Appeals handed down a decision bringing together several important theories of law as to disclaimers of warranties of products.... Read Article »

Employer fights back and wins over $710,000 in discrimination suit - May 19, 2010 - 10:05 AM
In our previous newsletter we reported that there was pending a very complex case involving our firm’s defense against 11 different claims by a former employee against the employer KYMN radio and three officers of the employer corporation.... Read Article »

Employee Duties: What Employers Often Don't Know - May 19, 2010 - 10:07 AM
There seems to be no shortage of information or publicity pertaining to employers' obligations to employees. Less known are the myriad of non-contractual duties or responsibilities which employees owe to their employer.... Read Article »

The "New" Rule in Residential Real Estate Transactions - May 25, 2011 - 4:43 PM
The buyer had the burden of making sure that the item purchased was satisfactory to him. Except in cases involving fraud, the seller would not be held liable for selling a defective product.... Read Article »