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 29, 2022 with Tags Firm News
Minnesota-based national law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) welcomes Mike Espenson who will be practicing in the Health Care and Corporate & Transactional Services practice groups. Mike will add to the team’s deep bench in the health care regulatory space, …
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.
Posted June 22, 2022 with Tags Firm News
Minneapolis-based law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis PA is pleased to announce that Deborah Autrey joins its national labor and employment practice. Deborah will be working alongside employers on discrimination claims, including Title VII, ADA, and ADEA claims, wage-and-hour matters, workplace investigations, and labor relations.
Posted June 14, 2022 with Tags Immigration Law, Corporate Immigration, COVID-19
Effective June 12, 2022, air passengers are no longer required to show a negative COVID-19 test (or documentation of recovery from COVID-19) before boarding a flight to the United States from a foreign country, regardless of citizenship.
Posted June 8, 2022 with Tags COVID-19 for Employers, COVID-19
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a bill into law last month providing bonus pay for eligible COVID-19 frontline workers. Although the State is administering the program, which opens June 8, 2022, the Frontline Worker Pay law requires that employers in a “frontline sector” provide notice to current employees who may be eligible for the payment by June 23, 2022. We have put together a few key takeaways for you to consider in evaluating potential notice obligations.
Posted May 27, 2022 with Tags Firm News
We at Nilan Johnson Lewis are heartbroken and outraged, both by the senseless massacres in Uvalde and Buffalo and by the too-slow racial reckoning ignited by George Floyd’s murder two years ago, the ramifications of which we still feel today. …
Posted May 23, 2022 with Tags Firm News, New Hires
Minneapolis-based national law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) is excited to welcome two new associate attorneys this week. Maria Brekke joins the Business Litigation group, focusing her practice in the areas of commercial litigation, intellectual property, data privacy, and contract disputes. Nicole Wiebold joins NJL’s Corporate and Transactional Services practice area where she will work with clients on matters involving mergers and acquisitions, business formation, contract negotiations, and general corporate governance.
Posted May 2, 2022 with Tags Nonprofits, Foundations, Private Foundations
On Friday, April 29, 2022, Ramsey County District Court Judge Awsumb issued a decision in the highly publicized case brought by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office seeking removal of the three Otto Bremer Trust Trustees. Here we outline the decisions of the case and provide key takeaways for foundatio
Posted April 26, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
UPDATE: On April 25, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted an additional extension of the I-9 remote document inspection flexibility policy until October 31, 2022. This is a welcome relief for advocates who have been urging DHS to announce …
Posted April 1, 2022 with Tags Nonprofits
A bill making its way through the Minnesota Legislature would be terribly damaging to Minnesota nonprofits. And, unfortunately, it looks like it has legs.
Posted April 1, 2022 with Tags Firm News, New Hires
Minneapolis, MN—Minnesota-based national law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis (NJL) is excited to announce the hire of Kelly Magnus, who will join the Product Liability and Complex Torts practice area as an associate attorney. Kelly’s background includes representing individuals, businesses, and …
Posted March 29, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
Following the Shergill, et al. v. Mayorkas settlement, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) started issuing I-94 forms on January 30, 2022, with new Class of Admission (COA) codes for certain E and L spouses as evidence of their employment authorization incident to status. The term incident to status means that employment authorization is granted with the underlying immigration status (instead of having to first apply and be approved for work authorization in order to accept employment in the United States). The new COA designations were intended to distinguish E and L spouses from E and L children who are not employment authorized.
Posted March 29, 2022 with Tags Firm News, Diversity
Nilan Johnson Lewis has named three attorneys to the 2022 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). Shareholder Mai Lee Yang has been selected to the 2022 Fellows Program, an initiative providing professional development and leadership training to a diverse class …
Posted March 18, 2022 with Tags Corporate Immigration, Immigration Law
In 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a temporary policy that allowed employers to accept certain expired List B documents and treat them as valid, acceptable receipts for Form I-9 purposes. DHS announced on March 12, 2022, that it is now ending this temporary policy.
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