2024 JLO Newsletters
- Summer – “2024 Minnesota Legislature Update” and “Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: EEOC’s Final Ruling”
- Spring – “A Review of Recent Irwin/Roraff Fee Case Law” and “By Blood or By Law: Menards v. Farm Bureau’s Effect on Intrafamily Exclusion Policies”
- Winter – “Employee Challenges to Vaccine Mandates under Title VII, the MHRA, and the ADA” and “Minnesota’s New Law on Pay History”
2023 JLO Newsletters
- Fall – “Groff v. DeJoy: Redefining the meaning of an ‘undue hardship’ under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964” and “Why You Should Always Ask if a Claimant Has Filed for Bankruptcy; Impacts of Bankruptcy Filing on Pending/Potential Litigation”
- Summer – “The Impact of PTSD Remission on Workers’ Compensation Benefits” and “2023 Legislative Update”
- Spring – “Vogt v MEnD et al: Adverse inference instruction and attorney fees granted as sanction for imputed spoliation” and “The Common Interest Doctrine: A new tool in the toolbox that requires careful consideration.”
2022 JLO Newsletters
- Fall – “Minnesota Supreme Court Expands Liability for Mental Healthcare Providers” and “2022 Legislative Update”
- Summer – “Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz’s Residential Eviction Moratorium & Eighth Circuit Provides Analysis of the Legal Standard for Title VII Gender Discrimination” and “Failure to Allege Exemption from COVID-19 Vaccination as a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA”
- Spring – “Long-term COVID May Rise to the Level of Disability under the ADA: Employers’ Duty to Accommodate” and “Data Practices Act Compliance: Data with Dual Public/Private Classifications or Changing Classification”
- Winter – “Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Federal Law Preempts Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Medical Marijuana Coverage” and “The Enforceability of ‘Resident-Relative’ Exclusions in Homeowner’s Insurance Policies and its Impact on the Dog Bite Statute”
2021 JLO Newsletters
- Spring – “Minnesota Supreme Court Expands the Two-Year Statute of Limitations for Improvements to Real Property” and “Minnesota Supreme Court Reverses the WCCA & Denies Injection Therapy Based on Workers’ Compensation Treatment Parameters” and “Motion for Summary Judgment Granted: Failure to accommodate in violation of the ADA and Retaliatory discharge in violation of the Workers’ Compensation Act”
- Winter – “Considerations for Employers and Workers’ Compensation Insurers Related to COVID-19 Vaccinations” and “Recent Minnesota Supreme Court Cases: Standard of Proof for Minnesota Harassment Claims and Sick and Safety Leave Affirmed”
2020 JLO Newsletters
- Fall – “The Changing Landscapes of Police Reform Legislation” and “Minnesota Supreme Court Bars Medical Provider from Claiming Reimbursement following Award on Stipulation Due to Intervenor’s Failure to File a Timely Intervention Claim”
- Summer – “Employment in the Time of COVID-19” and “2020 Legislative Update”
- Spring – “Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Time-Bar Statute for Condominium Construction Claims” and “Minnesota Supreme Court Denies Payment to QRC for Services Provided Prior to Employer’s Rehabilitation Request”
- Winter – “Minnesota Supreme Court Creates Medicaid Exception to Collateral Source Rule” and “A Cost-Risk Analysis of Workers’ Compensation Appeals and Potential Payment of Employee Appellate Fees”
2019 JLO Newsletters
- Fall – “Defamation Claims and Recent Appellate Decisions”
- Summer – “New & Important Appellate Decisions in Government Liability, Professional Liability & Employment Law” and “Wisconsin Supreme Court and Knowing Violation Exclusion: Insurer Must Defend”
- Spring – “Recent Minnesota Supreme Court rulings continue to limit defenses to negligence claims”
- Winter – “Minnesota Supreme Court Justices Continue a Hands-off Approach to Foreseeability” and “Fire Never Seeps: One Fire is One Occurrence”
2018 JLO Newsletters
- Fall – “The Exclusivity Provision Means Exclusive” and “2018 Minnesota Legislative Update”
- Summer – “The Supreme Court and Arbitration Clauses: Employers’ Rights” and “Major Legislative Changes to the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Act” and “Wisconsin Legislative Update”
- Spring – “Wisconsin Legislature Amends Workers’ Compensation Act to Close Exclusive Remedy Loophole” and “CGL Exclusions J(5) and J(6)”
- Winter – “Recent Minnesota Supreme Court Decisions Mark a Change in Policy” and “Notice and Remediation of Architectural Barriers in Accessibility Lawsuits”
2017 JLO Newsletters
- Fall – “LaPoint v. Family Orthodontics: A Glimpse Into Minnesota Courts’ Evaluation of a Pregnancy Discrimination Claim” and “2017 Legislative Update”
- Spring/Summer – “Firm Successfully Obtains Multiple Dismissals” and “Two Minnesota Supreme Court Workers’ Compensation Decisions Result in Legislative Changes”
- Winter – “Cell Phones and Motor Vehicle Accidents” and “When Does a Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Claim Accrue?”
2016 JLO Newsletters
- October – “2016 Legislative Update” and “Collateral Source Rules: Knowing the Difference between MN and WI”
- June – “The Potential Benefits and Liability concerns arising out of the use of Drones” and “ADA Accessibility ‘Tester’ Lawsuits”
- March – “Teenagers, Sex and Schools” and “The Nature of a Trespass Must be Identified to Ascertain Permissible Damages”
- January – “Employment Law Update” and “Recent Minnesota Supreme Court ruling appears to narrow the application of the two year statute of limitations for improvements to real property.”
2015 JLO Newsletters
- October – “PPD Must Affect a Petitioner’s Ability to Work in Order to Apply to the PPD Threshold for Claiming PTD” and “2015 Legislative Update”
- July – “Official Immunity for Contractors Functioning as City Officials” and “Applications for Silica Sand Mines”
- March – “Wisconsin’s Three-Step Analysis to Insurance Policy Interpretation” and “Recent Developments in Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation Appellate Procedure”
2014 JLO Newsletters
- November – “MN Employment Law Update”
- August – “2014 Legislative Update”
- May – “Closing Out an Employee’s Claim” and “Filing the First Report of Injury in a Medical Only Claim” and “Objecting To Intervention Claims”
- March – “Watch Your Step: It is Too Cold to Apply Salt to that Ice!” and “Dog: Man’s Most Expensive Best Friend”
- January – “The GPS Dilemma” and “Five Things for Employers to Do this Year”
2011 JLO Legal • Ease Newsletters
- Fall – “Tennessen Warnings” and “Medical Expert Witness Disclosure”
- Summer – “General Legislative Update” and “WC Legislative Update”
- Spring – “Fifth Amendment” and “Spoliation”
- Winter – “Ten Percent Prejudgment Interest” and “Preservation of Electronic Data”
2010 JLO Legal • Ease Newsletters
- Fall – “Statute of Limitations – Improvement to Property” and “Comparative Fault”
- Summer – “Cargill Update” and “2010 Legislative Update”
- Spring – “Will Medicare Rain on Your Parade?” and “Defending Petitions to Vacate Workers’ Compensation Settlements”
- Winter – “Governmental Authority in Regulating Land Use” and “Unemployment Benefits Single Incident Exception”
- “Maximum Municipal Tort Liability chart”; companion to JLO legal • ease Winter 2010
2009 JLO Legal • Ease Newsletters
- Fall – “Familiar Privilege in Minnesota” and “Recorded Statements”
- Summer – “2009 Legislative Update” and “Litigation Under the ADA in 2009” and “Constructive Loan Receipts Agreements”
- Spring – “The Graves Amendment” and “Independent Contractor Exemption Certificates”
- Winter – “Enforcement of Non-Compete Agreements in Today’s Economy” and “Wellness Programs in Your Government Workplace”
2008 JLO Legal • Ease Newsletters
- Fall – “Battle of the Experts – When the Opinion of a Plaintiff’s Expert Witness is Worthless” and “The Middleman Statute – A Brief Review”
- Summer – “2008 Legislative Update” and “The new Rule 68 – Is it an Effective Tool for Litigators?”
- Spring – “The Minnesota No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act: Defining the Edges of Klug” and “Workers’ Compensation Subrogation Cases – Show Me the Money”
- Winter – “Crossing the Line with Cross Connection Ordinances” and “Immunity Update”
2007 JLO Legal • Ease Newsletters
- Fall – “Recent Jury Verdicts in Construction Law Cases: Evaluating Your Exposure” and “FLSA – Who is Exempt?”
- Summer – “FLSA – Impact on Employers Increases” and “2007 Legislative Update”
- Spring – “Releases: A Primer” and “Medicare Set-Asides: Part Two”
- Winter – “Motor Vehicle Liability Issues and Developments” and “Medicare Set-Asides: Part One”
2006 JLO Legal • Ease Newsletters
- Fall – “Municipal Liquor Liability” and “Considering a Cell Tower Permit”
- Summer – “New Developments in Health Law” and “2006 Legislative Update”
- Spring – “Time-on-the-Risk in Construction Defect Litigation” and “Benefits of Voluntary Dissolution”
- Winter – “Interplay of the ADA and the WCA” and “Retraining – The ‘Last Resort'”
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