Nadeem Schwen will be presenting at Minnesota CLE’s Data Privacy and Security A to Z Webcast Series on October 13, 2023. His presentation, “Data Privacy and Security: Managing Vendors for Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Compliance,” provides guidance and practical approaches to the significant challenges faced when managing vendors for data privacy and cybersecurity compliance.

For more information, please visit the event website.

Christina Loukas and Quin Seiler will be presenting at the Housing Colorado Conference on October 12, 2023. Their presentation is titled, “Dos and Don’ts to Protect General Partners at Year 15.”

Housing Colorado is a statewide membership organization committed to providing advocacy, professional development and issue expertise for the affordable housing community. For more information and to register for the conference, please visit the event website.

Tony Moch, Amber Kraemer, Tom Walker and Trina Sjoberg will be presenting at the Bank Holding Company Association (BHCA) Fall Seminar on October 2, 2023. They will be presenting, “Significant Legal Issues in Bank M&A Deals: Case Studies.”

Banks spend significant time on employment, compensation, benefits and staffing matters that arise in any M&A transaction; our experts will conduct a bank sale case study with a banker to discuss how these issues were handled in a transaction. In another case to be considered, we’ll look at bank facilities and real property that were part of a bank transaction. Bank CEOs Marc Campbell of Luminate Bank, Minnetonka, Minn., and Bryan Bruns of Lake Central Bank, Annandale, Minn., will share their experiences as well.

For more information, please visit the event website.

Aimée Dayhoff, Lisa Ellingson and Mark Gleeman will be presenting at the 2023 Labor & Employment Law Institute on November 16, 2023.  Their session is titled “Employee Privacy Done Right – Avoiding Mistakes with Biometrics, Employee Data Requests, Surveillance, and More.”

This high-level conference, organized annually with the support of Minnesota CLE and the Labor & Employment Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association, features content tailored for seasoned labor and employment attorneys.

For more information, please visit the event website.

Beginning January 1, 2024, employers will be required to provide to Minnesota employees “earned sick and safe time”, or paid leave that can be used for certain reasons, including when an employee is sick, to care for a sick family member or to seek assistance if an employee or their family member has experienced domestic abuse.

It is important for business owners and managers to understand their obligations under the new law. Join our employment team for this webinar, where we will provide answers to some of the most pressing questions for employers, including:

• Who is eligible for earned sick and safe time
• When sick and safe time may be used
• Whether existing PTO or vacation policies meet the requirements of the new law
• How the new statewide law interacts with existing local sick and safe time ordinances
• What considerations need to be given for unionized employees.

Lisa Ellingson will be speaking at Minnesota CLE’s Data Privacy and Security A to Z Webcast Series. Lisa’s presentation is titled, “Data Privacy and Security: Navigating the Technical, Strategic, and Legal Issues of a Data Breach.”

When companies lose laptops, or backup tapes, or suffer a computer intrusion on systems containing personal information regarding customers or users, they trigger notification duties under a patchwork of statutes. This session describes how companies should navigate the technical, strategic, and legal issues involved in complying with these statutes. In addition, the presentation will provide practice tips on what immediate steps to take when a data breach occurs.

For more information, please visit the event website.

Betsy Schmiesing will be speaking at the Minnesota Brownfields Emerging Developers Workshop on October 4, 2023.  Minnesota Brownfields is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting brownfield redevelopment throughout the state of Minnesota. Betsy will present the topic, “What is a Brownfield.”

For more information, please visit the event website.

Christianna Finnern and Tracy Jacobs will be speaking at the Minnesota Home Care Association (MHCA) 53rd Annual Meeting & Expo October 4-6, 2023. They will present, “SIRS Investigations: Understanding Statistical Extrapolation, Stipulated Provider Agreements, and Your Appeal Rights.”

This discussion will help attendees:

1. Define statistical extrapolation and learn the rules regarding when SIRS can utilize statistical extrapolation to calculate alleged overpayments.
2. Learn the potential consequences and risks associated with signing a Stipulated Provider Agreement.
3.  Learn the procedural due process for challenging alleged overpayments.

For more information and to register, please visit the event website.

Congratulations to Tami Diehm for being recognized as among the Top Women in Law by Minnesota Lawyer. The Top Women in Law celebrates the outstanding achievements of exceptional women in the legal community. This honor recognizes exceptional educators, trailblazers, role models and public-service lawyers who work in the trenches as well as attorneys who have dedicated their careers to nonprofit work, private practice and in-house counsel. These women have become leaders in their practice areas and are instrumental to their companies’ success.

For more information and to see the other honorees, please isit the event website.

Tami Diehm and Jim Dierking presented on Thursday September 7, 2023 to a peer group meeting of fuel distributors in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The presentation, “The M&A Process: What you need to know if you are buying or selling business assets,” was geared toward CEOs who are looking to grow or sell their business in the Downstream Energy space.