How to Reopen Your Business After COVID-19

Rincker LawBusiness/Commercial Law

Despite the uncertainty that has accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic and that still lies ahead, one thing remains certain: Most businesses will eventually reopen. On April 16, 2020, President Trump set forth guidelines for the reopening of businesses in the United States. Additionally, governors from various states continue to roll back statewide stay-home orders in the hopes of restarting economies that …

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Ask Stephanie: What are the Right to Privacy Concerns Facing Livestock Photographers?

Rincker LawFood & Ag Law, Intellectual Property

There are four major types of privacy law: unreasonable intrusion upon seclusion, unreasonable revelation of private facts, unreasonably placing another person in a false light; and, misappropriation of a person’s name or likeness. Intrusion: One who intentionally intrudes, physically or otherwise, upon the solitude or seclusion of another or his private affairs or concerns, is subject to liability to the …

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Add Farm Estate Planning on Your Farm’s “To Do” List

Rincker LawFood & Ag Law

I was recently interviewed by Illinois Farmer on farm estate planning, which remains a hot topic in agriculture.  I’m passionate about getting estate and succession planning on your “to do” list and to treat it like any other deadline in your life.  Read the full article here.

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Ask Stephanie: What are the “Hot” Food Labeling Issues so far in 2020?

Rincker LawFood & Ag Law

People demand readily available information in all aspects of their lives. So, it is no surprise that consumers demand that same level of information when it comes to their food. Food labels are one of the avenues consumers get information about the food they choose to purchase. Therefore, it is important to understand these labels, what they mean and who …

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NALC Fact Sheet: Orders of Protections for Farm and Ranch Families

Rincker LawFamily/Matrimonial Law, Food & Ag Law

Sometimes farm and ranch families have domestic violence issues (as do all types of families).  I worked on a Fact Sheet on Orders of Protection for the National Agriculture Law Center here.  You can read all my fact sheets as it relates to family law issues with agriculture here.

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NALC Fact Sheet: Equitable Distribution Issues in Farm and Ranch Divorces

Rincker LawFamily/Matrimonial Law

When I say that divorce is one of the Big D’s that hurt multi-generational family farms, I am mostly referring to equitable distribution issues.  Read my fact sheet on this issue here.  You can also check out all my fact sheets with the National Agriculture Law Center on family law issues here.

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NALC Fact Sheet: Keeping the Farm Business Intact

Rincker LawFamily/Matrimonial Law, Food & Ag Law

Oftentimes in a divorce or separation, people assume that assets need to be divided… but that isn’t *always* the case, especially with farm and ranch divorces.  Read my Fact Sheet on Keeping the Farm Business Intact with the National Agriculture Law Center here.  You can read all of the fact sheets on family law issues with agriculture here.

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NALC Fact Sheet: Community Property Issues with Farm and Ranch Divorces

Rincker LawFamily/Matrimonial Law, Food & Ag Law

Read Texas associate attorney Stephanie Bradley Fryer‘s take on community property issues for farm and ranch divorces.  Cari and Stephanie teamed up on working on this Fact Sheet with the National Agriculture Law Center on this issue. You can read all the Fact Sheets on family law issues in agriculture here.

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NALC Fact Sheet: Farm Succession and Estate Planning Concerns in a Divorce

Rincker LawFamily/Matrimonial Law, Food & Ag Law

Oftentimes folks who are getting a divorce, do not think about estate planning concerns but this is an especially important issue for multi-generational farm and ranch families,  Read my fact sheet with the National Agriculture Law Center on this very topic here.  All of the family law issues in agriculture Fact Sheets can be found here.

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Cari’s National Agriculture Law Center Fact Sheet on Nuptial Agreements

Rincker LawFood & Ag Law

I get a lot of questions about prenups and postnups and why I loooove them so much.  Divorce is a Big D that can affect family farms – the topic shouldn’t be taboo.  Instead, farm and ranch families should look at prenups as an insurance policy.  Nobody gets on an airplane thinking it will crash but you still go over …

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