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Inputs and Outputs: Mitigating Risk of Generative AI through Employee Use Policies

Winthrop & Weinstine attorneys Nadeem Schwen and Lisa Ellingson will be a presenting a CLE at the 2023 Midwest IP Institute on September 28, 2023.  The title of the CLE is “Inputs and Outputs: Mitigating Risk of Generative AI through Employee Use Policies.” The 2023 Midwest IP Institute will feature – New Developments in Patent, Trademark, ...

September 28, 2023

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Privacy Policies – Practical Advice for Handling Common Real-World Scenarios

Winthrop attorney Nadeem Schwen will be speaking at the Minnesota CLE Midwest Legal Conference on Data Privacy and Cybersecurity on February 6, 2023.  His session is titled “Privacy Policies – Practical Advice for Handling Common Real-World Scenarios.” For more information and to register, please see the event website.

February 6, 2023

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A Practical Guide to Remote and Hybrid Workplaces

Winthrop attorneys Lisa Ellingson and Nadeem Schwen will present at the 2022 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute’s CLE, “Practical Guide to Remote and Hybrid Workplaces,” on August 11, 2022.  Their session is entitled “Overcoming Data Security and Privacy Challenges.” This seminar’s materials, A Practical Guide to Remote and Hybrid Workplaces, is a a must-have reference ...

August 11, 2022

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Overcoming Data Security and Privacy Challenges in the Hybrid Workplace

Winthrop Attorney’s Nadeem Schwen and Lisa Ellingson authored a chapter in A Practical Guide to Remote & Hybrid Workplaces. This new First Edition of A Practical Guide to Remote and Hybrid Workplaces was written as a resource for employers examining how to approach and manage the new way of working recently emerging in many workplaces, ...

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Wearable Tech: Legal and Business Considerations in Data Collection Services

Winthrop attorney Nadeem Schwen will co-present “Wearable Tech: Legal and Business Considerations in Data Collection Services” at the  New Abnormal: Data Protection in a More Virtual World Symposium, hosted by Santa Clara Law School in San Francisco.  This day-long symposium will feature well-known lawyers, experts, and scholars discussing some of the more pertinent issues affecting ...

Santa Clara University

March 25, 2022

9:00AM - 5:00PM
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Midwest Legal Conference on Privacy & Data Security

Winthrop attorneys Nadeem Schwen and Lisa Ellingson will be presenting at the Minnesota CLE’s Midwest Legal Conference on Privacy and Data Security from February 7-8, 2022. Their presentation, “How to Control Data Security and Privacy Risks in a Remote or Hybrid Workplace,” will cover a range of practical and actionable steps to take, including: Concrete ...

February 7-8, 2022

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Medical Device & Manufacturing (MD&M) 2021 Conference

Michael Olsen, Brian Pollack and Nadeem Schwen will participate in a panel discussion, “Keep it SaaSy: Protecting Key Innovations in the Software as a Medical Device World” on November 4 at the MD&M Minneapolis Conference. MD&M is part of the Midwest’s largest annual design and manufacturing event which brings MD&M together with ATX, Design & ...

November 3-4, 2021

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Overcoming Data Security and Privacy Challenges in the Hybrid Workplace

Nadeem Schwen and Lisa Ellingson will co-present “Overcoming Data Security and Privacy Challenges in the Hybrid Workplace” during an online seminar hosted by Minnesota CLE on September 14, 2021. The seminar is intended for attorneys, HR professionals and other business law advisers, and will offer practical guidance regarding the legal considerations attendant to decisions about ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

3:10 PM - 4:00 PM
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Data Privacy and Security: Employer Processing of Personal Data for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

Nadeem Schwen and Lisa Ellingson co-authored chapter two, “Data Privacy and Security: Employer Processing of Personal Data for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives,” in The Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Handbook, 1st Edition, published by Minnesota CLE. Chapter Topics How Can an Employer Collect Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Data? How Does Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ...

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Privacy Legislation Race Heats Up After Virginia Law Passage

Data Privacy & Security attorney Nadeem Schwen was quoted by Bloomberg Law in an article about a number of consumer privacy proposals pending in state legislatures. Nadeem says the proposed “Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act” was inspired by the Washington Privacy Act, and it “would give consumers the right to correct, delete, access, and opt out ...

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New Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act is introduced

Nadeem Schwen was interviewed by Security magazine about the proposed “Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act” (MCDPA). The bill was introduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives on February 22, 2021, and is now the primary candidate to become Minnesota’s omnibus consumer privacy law. Nadeem has been at the forefront of this bill’s creation and leads data privacy ...

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Morning Take: Privacy

Nadeem Schwen was quoted regarding the introduction of a proposed “Minnesota Consumer Privacy Act” (MCDPA) by Fluence Media’s Morning Take, a daily Minnesota tip sheet on politics.  The bill, HF 1492  (Rep. Steve Elkins, DFL-Bloomington and Rep. Mohamud Noor, DFL-Minneapolis), is a significant legislative move for data privacy, very similar to a proposed bill in ...

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