Updates & Events

Attorney Tracy L. Deutmeyer has joined Fredrikson & Byron as an officer in the Advertising, Marketing & Trademark and Copyright Protections & Enforcement Groups.

Fredrikson & Byron acted as legal counsel to Lee Wallace and Kent Pilakowski in their acquisition of Peace Coffee from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. 

We sat down with Community Bankers of Iowa CEO, Dave Caris, to have a conversation about the Iowa tax reform bill and its impact on banks, credit unions and the state of Iowa generally, as well as its likelihood of success in the Iowa legislature.

It was not long ago when Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), dramatically rewriting the U.S. tax code and making sweeping changes impacting both businesses and individuals.

Attorney James L. Baillie has been elected to serve a two-year term as vice president of the American College of Bankruptcy. 

Attorney Bryan J. Morben has joined Fredrikson & Byron as an associate in the Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor Litigation, Non-Competes and Class Action/Wage and Hour Litigation Groups.

Buying a non-accessible website may buy you a class action lawsuit.

Fredrikson & Byron shareholders Lora Friedemann and John Pickerill have been named to the 2018 World Trademark Review 1000, which recognizes attorneys and firms that are deemed outstanding in the trademark practice. 

Succession planning is an often overlooked part of your bank’s overall strategic planning process.

The District of Minnesota continues to see many cases transferred to other districts after last year’s Supreme Court decision on venue in patent cases in TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods.