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Jay Reding is an associate in the Business Litigation practice group. Jay practices in the areas of bankruptcy and general civil litigation. Jay joined Larkin Hoffman as a clerk in 2008 and as an associate in 2010. Prior to joining Larkin Hoffman, Jay served as a law clerk to the Honorable Louise Dovre Bjorkman on the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 2009-2010. Bar Admissions Minnesota, 2009 U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 2010 Professional Associations & Memberships Minnesota State Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Session New Lawyers Section Federal Bar Association Education University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, MN, 2009 J.D., magna cum laude Senior Editor, University of St. Thomas Law Journal, 2008–2009 Honors: Best Oralist, 2009 Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, 2003 B.A., cum laude
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California Courts Make Crucial Data Privacy Rulings
Data privacy has become an increasingly major concern for businesses in recent years, especially retailers. Making the situation more difficult is that there is no unified law of consumer or employee privacy in the United States, putting the U.S. in a category with Turkey as the only countries without a unified privacy law. Instead, the U.S. has a patchwork of state, federal, and even local rules and regulations. It is estimated that there are at least 30 federal statutes and over 300 state statutes concerning data privacy in the United States. For a business to navigate through this thicket requires understanding the interplay between all of these statutes—a daunting task for retailers and other businesses that deal with private consumer information.
Myths and Realities of Defending Against Preference Demands
Due to the economic crisis of the past few years, many large and medium-sized businesses were forced to file for bankruptcy protection. Now, many businesses are faced with letters from bankruptcy trustees, or worse, a summons where the trustee is seeking liability for a “preference.” Faced with these demands, many businesses are failing to defend themselves, and incurring unnecessary liability. But acting quickly can help protect you and your business and settle preference claims short of expensive litigation.
Bankruptcy Code section 525 does not prohibit private employers from denying employment based on prior bankruptcy filing
Although government employers may not deny employment to an individual who has filed for bankruptcy protection, that prohibition does not apply to private employers.
What Do Bankruptcy Filings Tell Us About the Economy?
The latest numbers on bankruptcy filings in 2010 have been released, and 1.53 million Americans filed for bankruptcy protection last year, an increase of 9% over 2009’s figures.
The Supreme Court Rules That Chapter 13 Debtor Cannot Take an Ownership Deduction for a Paid-Off Car
In the first opinion authored by Justice Elena Kagan, the Supreme Court ruled that a Chapter 13 debtor may not deduct the “ownership costs” of a vehicle under the means test when he owes no further payments on the vehicle.
