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Skjold ▪ Barthel News Coverage and Commentary 

• Firestorm re $60K Award Against Blogger, Despite Lack of Defamation, May Be Focusing On Wrong Issue - Ben Skjold and Carl Engstrom's blog commentary on tortious interference in regards to the "Johnny Northside" case is featured in the ABA Journal.

• Nate Brandenburg comments on how high taxes hurt small businesses in this My Minnesota (mymn.org) video.

• Ben Skjold is quoted in Investment News regarding a FINRA agreement made possible through cooperation and dilgence.

• Nate Brandenburg talks to business owners about Dealing with Employee Theft in the February, 2011 issue of the Twinwest Directions magazine.

• Author Phil Simon mentions the firm's technology savings in this podcast on The Business Owners Toolkit.

Ben Skjold discusses key ownership and succession issues impacting small business on The Peter McClellan Show on AM 1570.  Listen to the show here.

• Skjold ▪ Barthel is among leading firms cited in this Thomson Reuters news release on the adoption of WestlawNext™.

• Ben Skjold discusses the benefits and challenges of embracing cloud computing in this article by author Phil Simon on the Marketing Zen blog.

• Litigator Christopher Parrington is quoted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune concerning a property owner's ongoing dispute with the City of Anoka.

• Skjold ▪ Barthel's commitment to advanced technologies is evidenced in our early adoption of WestlawNext™ within our cloud computing environment.  The firm is proud to be featured in the national "Legal Research Goes Human" campaign – we invite you to view the print advertisement, featured in legal and business publications across the U.S.

• Learn what Ben Skjold has to say about technology and productivity in the video on the firm's use of WestlawNext™.

• Read how West Case Notebook® helps Skjold ▪ Barthel litigators better capture the collaborative energy of the firm to make case organization and analysis more efficient and effective. And, view the video showing the tools in action at the firm.

• Author Phil Simon discusses the firm's use of technology and other innovative companies in this 9/19/2010 podcast by Wayne Turmel on his "The Cranky Middle Manager" blog- named "One of the best HR Blogs out there..." by BusinessWeek online.

• Skjold ▪ Barthel's Chief Marketing Officer Liz Hersey has a message for promotional product vendors – read her comments in the feature article "What Buyers Want" from the September, 2010 edition of Promotional Products Business Magazine.

• Ben Skjold discusses the use of Smartphone technologies to enhance client service in this article from the May 2010 issue of BizTech Magazine.

• "Battered Property Owners Find Relief on Storm Damage Claims" - Christopher Parrington relays the circumstances surrounding his appellate win in QBE Insurance Corp. v. Twin Homes of French Ridge Homeowners Association in the May/June, 2010 issue of Minnesota Community Living.

• Read how client Organic Technologies, Inc. meets the challenges of the rapidly changing green business climate and how Skjold ▪ Barthel is greening its business in this article which appeared in the April, 2010 Greening Your Business Expo special section of the Mpls-St. Paul Business Journal.

• "Networking is to an individual what marketing is to a company," says Christopher Parrington in this Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal Strategies article. Chris, owner and chair of Skjold ▪ Barthel’s litigation department, argues that networking is crucial to success in a down economy and offers resources for connection-minded professionals.

• Skjold ▪ Barthel Hosts Claes Hammar; Swedish Embassy Minister of Trade and Economic Affairs Addresses Clean Energy Technologies, Green Economy in Minneapolis.

• "Spa Wars" - Ben Skjold successfully defends a salon owner over a non-compete agreement in this City Pages article. Editors Note:  Skjold-Barthel won the appeal mentioned in the article – an important decision regarding the measurement of a non-compete's distance component.