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<b><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#000000">Minnesota Business Torts Deskbook, 1st Edition</font></b></p>

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<i><font face="Arial" size="2">Edward T. Wahl, Editor</font></i></p>

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<font face="Arial" color="#CC6633" size="4">Table of Contents </font></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 1</font></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Common-Law Fraudulent Misrepresentation 

		and Negligent Misrepresentation<br>

		</b>Elements of a Common-Law Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claim; 

		Elements of a Common-Law Negligent Misrepresentation Claim; Statute of 

		Limitations; Pleading a Fraud Claim; Burdens of Proof; Defenses; 

		Miscellaneous Issues</font></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>- Charles F. Webber</i></font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 2</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Statutory Fraud Laws<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Scope of Statutory Fraud Laws; 

		Establishing Liability for Violation of Prohibited Conduct Under 

		Statutory Fraud Laws; Private Right of Action</font></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>- Prentiss Cox</i></font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 3</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Conversion<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Introduction; Elements of 

		Conversion; Nature of the Property at Issue; Defenses to Conversion; 

		Remedies for Conversion; Statute of Limitations; Conversion of 

		Negotiable Instruments</font></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="2"><i>- Cynthia A. Moyer</i></font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 4</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Trade Secrets<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Introduction; Elements of a 

		Misappropriation Claim and how to Prove Them; Available Defenses; 

		Damages, Injunctions, and Other Relief; Investigating, Pleading, 

		Discovering, and Presenting Trade Secret Claims</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- Craig D. Diviney &amp; John D. Ostergren</font></i></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 5</font></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Noncompetition Agreements: The 

		 Reasonable  Restraint of Trade<br>

		</b>The Environment for Noncompetes; The Realm of the Noncompete 

		Agreement; Protectible Interests; The Rule of Reasonableness; 

		Consideration for Noncompete Agreements; Survival of Restrictive 

		Covenants Upon Termination of Agreement; Tortious Interference with 

		Noncompete Agreements; The Relationship Between Noncompete Agreements, 

		Trade Secret Protections, and the Doctrine of Inevitable Disclosure; 

		Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue; Some Additional Defenses; 

		Equitable Relief; Damages and Attorney s Fees</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- William Z. Pentelovitch</font></i></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 6</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Unfair Trade Practices<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Introduction; The Lanham Act § 

		43(a)(1)(B); Defenses to False Advertising Claim Under the Lanham Act: 

		What Isn t False Advertising?; Remedies for False Advertising Under the 

		Lanham Act; Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act; Standing; Elements of 

		the Claim; Remedies; Minnesota s False Advertising Statute, § 325F.67; 

		Common Law Claim for False Advertising</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- Haley N. Schaffer</font></i></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 7</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">False Statements in a Business Context<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Introduction; Business 

		Defamation; Product Disparagement; False Advertising; Conclusion</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- James G. Bullard, Daniel Oberdorfer &amp; 

		Curtis D. Ripley</font></i></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 8</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Tortious Interference<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Tortious Interference with 

		Contract; Tortious Interference with Prospective Contractual Relations</font></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="2">- Jeffery J. Bouslog</font></i></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 9</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Fiduciary Duty<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Defining Fiduciary Duty; 

		Fiduciary Relationships; Breaching Fiduciary Duties; Defenses; Damages 

		and Remedies</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- Edward T. Wahl &amp; S. Renee Dotson</font></i></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 10</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">RICO<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Introduction; What Constitutes a 

		RICO Violation; Civil Remedies Under Section 1964(C); Conspiracies to 

		Violate RICO   Section 1962(D); RICO s Statute&nbsp; of Limitation; 

		Conclusion</font></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="2">- Jeffrey E. Grell</font></i></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 11</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Franchise Law<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Introduction; Minnesota Franchise 

		Law Generally; Legal Definition of a Franchise; Territorial Application; 

		Disclosure and Registration Laws; Relationship Laws; Civil Remedies for 

		Violations of the Act; Criminal Liability for Violations of the Act; 

		Limitation of Actions</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- William L. Killion &amp; Kerry L. Bundy</font></i></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 12</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Credit and Collection<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Introduction; The Truth in 

		Lending Act of 1968; Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974; The Fair 

		Credit Reporting Act of 1971; The Fiar Debt Collection Practices Act of 

		1977; Minnesota Usury Law</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- Seth Leventhal</font></i></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 13</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Privacy<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Introduction; Development of 

		Privacy Tort; Invasion of Privacy by Appropriation; Intrusion Upon 

		Seclusion; Public Disclosure; False Light; Public Disclosure: Federal 

		Regulations; Conclusion</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- Katheryn A. Andresen</font></i></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 14</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Insurance Coverage<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Introduction; Why Liability 

		Insurance Coverage Matters; What to Seek from the Business Client s 

		Insurer and/or a Business Client; Basic Types of Liability Insurance for 

		Business Torts; Fundamentals of Policy Construction; When Coverage is in 

		Doubt: The Uses and Potential Misuses of Miller v. Shugart Settlements; 

		Conclusion</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- Jerome B. Abrams &amp; Kevin R. Lewis</font></i></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 15</font></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Class Actions<br>

		</b>Introduction; Requirements in Class Actions; Comment on 2006 

		Amendment to Minnesota Rule 23 and Committee Note; Issues Related to 

		Initial Stage of Class Actions; Motion for Class Certification; Rule 

		23.06 Appeals from Class Certification Orders; Class Notice; Settlement; 

		Trials; Attorney Fee Awards</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- Todd A. Noteboom, David A. Applebaum, 

		Arthur G. Boylan, J. Gordon Rudd Jr. &amp; David Cialkowski</font></i></p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">CHAPTER 16</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">Damages in Business Tort Actions<br>

		</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Introduction; Economic Loss 

		Doctrine; Lost Profits; Mitigation; Nominal Damages; Punitive Damages; 

		Attorney s Fees; Common Law Fraud; Minnesota Consumer Fraud Laws; Lanham 

		Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1111 ET SEQ; Conversion; Trespass; Defamation; Privacy 

		Claims; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; 

		Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 14 U.S.C. § 6801 ET SEQ; Minnesota Trade Secret 

		Act, Minnesota Statutes Section 325C.01 ET SEQ; Duty of Loyalty and Duty 

		of Confidentiality; Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations; 

		Federal and State RICO, 18 U.S.C. § 1961 ET SEQ, Minnesota Statutes § 

		609.901, ET SEQ; Minnesota Franchise Act, Minnesota Statutes § 80C.01</font></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><i>

		<font face="Arial" size="2">- Douglas R. Peterson &amp; Wade S. Davis</font></i></p>

		<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px">&nbsp;</p>

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		<font face="Arial" size="1">INDEXES</font></b></u></p>

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			<font face="Arial" size="2">Case Index</font></b></li>

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			<font face="Arial" size="2">Statute Index</font></b></li>

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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px"><b>

			<font face="Arial" size="2">Subject Index</font></b></li>

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