Posted January 10, 2023 with Tags Firm News
Newly created chief attorney talent role aims to be an exemplar among legal services for cultivating holistic attorney success and well-being MINNEAPOLIS (January 10, 2022) — Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) is pleased to announce that seasoned executive leader and …
Posted January 4, 2023 with Tags Firm News
Minnesota-based national law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) welcomes Anna Schwingler, who joins the firm as an Associate in the Labor and Employment group. Anna will be working in the areas of investigations, policy review, and charges of discrimination involving …
Posted December 30, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
On December 28, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced in a press release that it will require all air passengers two years and older traveling to the United States from China, Hong Kong, and Macau …
Posted December 30, 2022 with Tags Firm News
Late last week, Congress passed two bills – the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act) – to provide additional workplace protections for pregnant and post-partum employees. The bills were …
Posted December 29, 2022 with Tags Firm News
Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) is pleased to welcome Sarah Ruzek to its operations team as a Senior Financial Analyst. Sarah brings 20 years of experience in the association industry, where she most recently spent over a decade at Associations North, …
Posted November 28, 2022 with Tags Immigration, Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
Over the course of the past few months, several major tech companies in the United States have announced large-scale layoffs. Major companies announcing such layoffs include Meta (formerly Facebook), Amazon, HP, Google, and Twitter. While we cannot comment on the …
Posted November 16, 2022 with Tags Firm News
Minnesota-based national law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) welcomes Hannah Oliason, who joins the firm’s Health Care group. Hannah will be working closely with clients–including hospitals, health systems, ancillary providers, and managed care organizations—assisting them through the maze of organizational and …
Posted November 3, 2022 with Tags Firm News
Minnesota-based national law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) welcomes Eric Ryu, who will practice in the firm’s Corporate Immigration Group. Eric will add to the team’s deep bench enabling diverse businesses worldwide with their corporate immigration needs. Eric will assist …
Posted October 27, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
UPDATE: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has granted an additional extension of the I-9 remote document inspection flexibility policy until July 31, 2023. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is encouraging employers to begin, at their discretion, the in-person verification …
Posted October 13, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Expires on October 31, 2022. Employers should continue to use the current Form I-9 after its expiration date of October 31, 2022, until further notice. DHS will publish a Federal Register notice to announce the …
Posted October 4, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
At the beginning of each federal fiscal year (October), the Department of State conducts a lottery called the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. If a person is selected, they are eligible to submit an application for permanent residence (i.e., a green …
Posted October 3, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
Sponsoring foreign talent is a worthwhile venture for any employer who wishes to remain competitive, both domestically and internationally. This is particularly true for highly skilled positions for which demand outpaces supply. The process for sponsoring a foreign national is …
Posted September 30, 2022 with Tags Firm News
NJL was short-listed as a “recommended firm for labor and employment” by Benchmark Litigation, one of the most definitive and objective rankings of preeminent litigation firms and practitioners in the U.S. Benchmark Litigation created a separate labor and employment edition in response to …
Posted September 26, 2022 with Tags Firm News
Minneapolis-based law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis is pleased to announce that Emily Davis has joined their Corporate and Health Care practice groups. Emily brings years of experience working for law firms where she reviewed loans, leases, and financing documents as …
Posted September 9, 2022
Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) is proud to announce that it has again been recognized in Law 360’s Glass Ceiling Report: Women in the Law, an annual report that evaluates the representation of female attorneys across the legal industry. NJL placed …
Posted September 7, 2022 with Tags Firm News
Several NJL attorneys were named to the 2023 Best Lawyers in America list. Best Lawyers considers more than 12 million evaluations by asking attorneys to evaluate their peers through exhaustive, confidential peer-review surveys. NJL Of Counsel Elizabeth Thompson (labor and …
Posted July 12, 2022 with Tags Firm Statements
We at Nilan Johnson Lewis are also concerned that the rationale used to strike down Roe v. Wade will be used to strip others of their constitutionally protected rights, such as the right to privacy, contraceptive use, and same-sex marriage. As a women-owned business, Nilan Johnson Lewis believes in people’s ability to make their own health care decisions. We support efforts at the state and federal levels to restore the basic human right to get needed health care. We will financially support our employees who incur travel expenses seeking to exercise their choice.
Posted July 11, 2022
Eight lawyers from Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) have been listed on the 2022 Minnesota Super Lawyers list. No more than 5% of lawyers in Minnesota are selected by Super Lawyers. Amanda Cialkowski Brian Johnson Don Lewis Doug Elsass Joe Schmitt …
Posted June 30, 2022 with Tags Firm News
Tammy’s deep experience managing a high volume of litigation files from the point of intake to skillfully handling trials will add to the group’s potent team of litigators. She has also handled numerous cases through the arbitration and mediation processes.
Posted June 23, 2022 with Tags Higher Education, Labor and Employment
The Title IX regulations were last amended in May 2020 by the Trump administration and faced an immediate—and largely unsuccessful—legal challenge. The Biden administration’s proposed regulations are a major departure from the current regulations. Among the changes, they expand the scope of covered conduct, eliminate many of the detailed Trump-era requirements for grievance procedures (including the controversial hearing and cross-examination requirements), make explicit protections for LGBTQI+ students, and add protections for pregnant students and employees.
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