Banking & litigation · September 2026
Your loan officer’s AI chat history is Exhibit A.
How a banker’s prompts can become evidence in a credit dispute, and when to involve counsel before a decision creates a second record.
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Our guides address questions that arise in lending relationships, business disputes and financial distress. Each guide is general information; the documents, facts and applicable law need to be reviewed before it is used to make a decision.
Case result · September 17, 2026
Dismissal secured
for Haley Kalil.
MJB Law secured dismissal with prejudice of all claims against Haley Kalil. The September 17, 2026 ruling addresses privacy, social media and the right to discuss one’s own life.
Read the case resultBanking & financial obligations
Business debt & personal guarantees.
Why a company’s debt and an owner’s obligations need separate analysis.
Read the guideCommercial litigation
Preparing for a commercial dispute.
Organize the documents, chronology and business objectives before an initial discussion with counsel.
Read the guideAgricultural finance & litigation
Grain fronting and agricultural collateral disputes.
Understand the ownership, notice and payment records that matter when grain is sold through another person or business.
Read the guideAgricultural lending
Agricultural second mortgages and grain-bin collateral.
A practical starting point for evaluating farm assets, fixture questions and competing creditor claims.
Read the guideSelected representations
Agricultural litigation in the appellate courts.
Banking litigation · 2016 and 2017
Glenwood State Bank and the Trude litigation
Collateral recovery, fraudulent transfers and collection costs, with appellate decisions in 2016 and 2017. Matthew’s representation occurred at a prior firm.
Read the case summaryPublished opinion · 2021
Lighthouse v. Oberg Family Farms.
A grain-bin fixture test and competing claims to farm-asset proceeds.
Explore the caseNonprecedential opinion · 2024
Star Bank v. Anderson.
Enforcing a lender’s security interest in corn sold through grain fronting.
Explore the caseRecognition and media
Recognition and media.
Minnesota Lawyer · March 23, 2026
Up and Coming Law Firms: MJB Law Firm PLLC: A feature on the firm and its work in banking, agricultural finance and business matters.
PEOPLE · September 18, 2026
Coverage of the Kalil dismissal: Reporting on the dismissal of Matt Kalil’s lawsuit against Haley Kalil, including comments from Matthew Bialick.
Additional coverage: Complex, September 18, 2026.
Matthew Bialick and Karl Johnson represented Haley Kalil in a landmark case concerning privacy rights, social media and the treatment of public figures under Minnesota law. On September 17, 2026, the court dismissed all claims against her with prejudice on state-law grounds; it did not reach the First Amendment arguments. Read the case analysis and court order.
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