Posted December 7, 2020 Before In-Person Trials Halted, Three NJL Women Led (and Earned) Successful Defense Verdicts During the small window when trials briefly went live this fall, three Nilan Johnson Lewis women not only led the few pieces of pandemic litigation, but all three garnered full defense verdicts within three days of each other. This is significant when you consider nearly 97 percent of civil cases are resolved before going to trial in a typical year without a pandemic.
Posted May 30, 2018 with Tags Labor and Employment, #MeToo, sexual harassment audits Taking a Second Look: Best Practices for Auditing Past Sexual Harassment Claims The #MeToo movement shed a light on the fact that sexual harassment in the workplace is still a major problem, and employers need to reassess their policies and practices. Supporting the personal experiences of women, the Pew Research Center recently …
Posted June 6, 2016 Building an “All-Terrain” Drug and Alcohol Testing Employment Process The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently ruled that the Minnesota Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act (DATWA) has a multi-state reach and its requirements apply to employees of Minnesota-based employers who work in other states.