Posted June 1, 2016
On May 26, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in favor of the plaintiff in Lewis v. Epic Systems Corporation, a case regarding the enforceability of arbitration agreements between employers and their employees.
Posted May 17, 2016
The new rules will undoubtedly cause many employees who have traditionally been paid a regular salary to transition to hourly employees with overtime (much to their chagrin). However, careful planning may avoid this pitfall. Employers who want to continue to pay employees falling below the new DOL threshold on a salary basis should be aware of two lesser-known methods of maintaining a compensation plan akin to a traditional salary for non-exempt employees.
Posted May 13, 2016
Unlike most intellectual property matters, which are protected by federal law, trade secrets have historically been the domain of states. However, new provisions to the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) – just signed into law May 11 by President Obama - signal an important change to this landscape. By providing a federal civil action to protect trade secrets, these new provisions, which take effect immediately, create significant new possibilities for the enforceability of employer/employee agreements.
Posted May 3, 2016
Blanchard complements her legal training and experience with strong writing skills she honed during a prior career as a court and legislative reporter in several markets.
Posted April 18, 2016
Nilan Johnson Lewis is proud to rank near the top on both of the Glass Ceiling Report lists: ninth on the list for best law firms for female attorneys, and 10th on the list of the best law firms for female partners. This is the second consecutive year in which Nilan Johnson Lewis has ranked highly on both lists.
Posted April 13, 2016
The Fourth Circuit just affirmed a Virginia district court ruling that Travelers Indemnity Company of America had a duty to defend a class action brought against Portal Healthcare Solutions, LLC under a cyber liability insurance policy providing coverage for the electronic publication of certain materials. The breach allegation of the class action claim in Travelers Indem. Co. of America v. Portal Healthcare Solutions, LLC was that due to a security failure, the wrong security setting was selected on a web access portal allowing normal search engines to scoop up not only the login page as a search result, but also the underlying sub-pages containing medical records. Members of Portal Healthcare used the web access portal to not only log into their account, but also click to review their medical records.
Posted April 7, 2016
As businesses anxiously await final rules from the FAA governing commercial drone use, the Micro Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) released an important report on April 6, 2016, that laid out specific safety recommendations related to the FAA’s proposed rules for small drones under 55 pounds.
Posted April 7, 2016
Nilan Johnson Lewis is pleased to announce that it has been named the 2016 Leadership Award recipient by Minnesota Women Lawyers (MWL), in recognition of the firm’s efforts to enhance the status, influence, and effectiveness of its female attorneys.
Posted April 4, 2016
Shareholders Amanda Cialkowski, Sandra Jezierski, and Tracy Van Steenburgh have been listed among the 2016 Women Super Lawyers list. Shareholder Katie Connolly, and associates Jen Cornell and Sarah Riskin have been listed among the 2016 Women Rising Stars list.
Posted April 1, 2016 with Tags Kate Andresen
Kate brings more than 20 years of experience of information technology law, eCommerce law, intellectual property, and corporate law to the firm.
Posted April 1, 2016 with Tags Sarah Didrikson
Nilan Johnson Lewis’ Applications and Database Manager Sarah Didrikson has been elected president of the Association of Legal Administrators, Minnesota Chapter (ALAMN). Didrikson’s term began April 1, 2016, and ends March 31, 2017.
Posted March 24, 2016
On March 24, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor released new rules significantly reducing the allowance of workplace exposure to silica. Silica is a potentially harmful mineral found in materials commonly located in construction and hydraulic fracking sites.
Posted March 23, 2016
Nilan Johnson Lewis labor and employment attorney Pablo Orozco says one of the major takeaways from the SCOTUS ruling might be what wasn’t decided more so than what was, as the high court also declined to consider the related, but equally important question, of whether representative evidence impermissibly allows employees who weren’t harmed to form part of the class and to receive a part of the award.
Posted March 11, 2016
The Supreme Court decided this month that a Vermont law requiring health insurers and other entities to provide regular reports to the state—including health insurance claims and enrollment—impermissibly interferes with the uniform recordkeeping scheme established by ERISA and is therefore preempted.
Posted February 26, 2016
Orozco brings a wealth of class action experience to the firm, having provided complex litigation and trial services throughout his five-plus year career in Los Angeles. He has litigated numerous high-profile and high-stakes cases, where he developed litigation strategies, researched and wrote motions, and participated in depositions.
Posted February 11, 2016
Nilan Johnson Lewis is a proud sponsor of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center’s One-Day Mindfulness Workshop. The workshop will be taught by Zen master Norman Fischer, a well-known leadership consultant and one of the founding designers of Google’s successful Search Inside …
Posted February 8, 2016
Nilan Johnson Lewis Shareholder Sheila Kerwin discussed and shared the firm’s view on the importance of supporting female attorneys with Minnesota Business Magazine, as the firm recently announced that two female attorneys were elected to its board of directors, making it 60% majority female.
Posted January 26, 2016
With the election of two shareholders to the board of directors, the leadership team at Nilan Johnson Lewis is now majority female. The Minneapolis-based law firm elected shareholders Susan Kratz and Christy Mennen to join fellow shareholders Sheila Kerwin, founder Brian Johnson, and current president Stephen Warch to serve on the board.
Posted January 21, 2016
In an 8 to 1 decision, the Supreme Court held that a subrogation lien set forth in the benefit plan cannot be enforced in equity under section 502(a)(3) of ERISA against a plan participant's separate assets—those funds that exist outside a specified fund.
Posted January 1, 2016
Nilan Johnson Lewis is pleased to announce its 2016 board of directors. Newly elected shareholders Susan Kratz and Christy Mennen join fellow shareholders Sheila Kerwin, founder Brian Johnson, and current president Stephen Warch. The election of Kratz and Mennen makes the board of directors majority female.
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