2023 Employment Law Changes — And Steps To Take Before 2024

2024 Employment Privacy Landscape – What You Need to Know

Laura Pfeiffer, Aimée Dayhoff, and Lisa Ellingson will present the webinar, “2024 Employment Privacy Landscape – What You Need to Know,” hosted and moderated by Horton, on March 7, 2024. The employment landscape has changed dramatically as a result of the pandemic, affecting the technology we use, the information we share, and even the places we ...

The Employment Privacy Landscape is Evolving — Are Your Business Policies?

The employment landscape has changed dramatically as a result of the pandemic, affecting the technology we use, the information we share, and even the places we work. Many businesses are familiar with the laws dealing with privacy requirements for their customers, but in recent years this focus has expanded to include strict regulations covering the ...

Employee Privacy Done Right – Avoiding Mistakes with Biometrics, Employee Data Requests, Surveillance, and More

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 ...

Navigating the Technical, Strategic, and Legal Issues of a Data Breach

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, ...

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, ...

The Convergence of E-Discovery, Information Governance & Data Privacy

The Minnesota Association of Litigation Support Professionals (MALSP) invites you to attend the upcoming MALSP Chapter meeting on June 15th sponsored by Exterro. During the meeting, you will hear from a panel of experts as they discuss, “The Convergence of E-Discovery, Information Governance, Data Privacy.” Learn about existing and emerging data retention and deletion obligations, ...

Employee Privacy Done Right – Avoiding Mistakes with Biometrics, Employee Data Requests, Remote Work Surveillance, and More

Aimée Dayhoff and Lisa Ellingson will co-present a CLE at the 2023 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute on May 18-19, 2023.  The session is called “Employee Privacy Done Right – Avoiding Mistakes with Biometrics, Employee Data Requests, Remote Work Surveillance, and More.” For more information and to register, please see the event website.

More is More – Staying Ahead of Developments in Cybersecurity

By: Lisa B. Ellingson

Winthrop &  Weinstine attorney Lisa Ellingson will be presenting a webinar for the Minnesota Broadcasters Association on March 7, 2023. In the world of cybersecurity, the overarching theme over the last year has been has been “more”: we’ve seen more legislation, more groups protected by privacy regulations, more data privacy incidents, and even more cybersecurity ...

WIT AND WISDOM OF WINTHROP – MARCH 2023

By: Aimée D. Dayhoff, Laura A. Pfeiffer, , Olivia M. Cooper, Cianna G. Halloran and Lisa B. Ellingson

In this edition of WIT AND WISDOM OF WINTHROP, our Employment Litigation Newsletter, we shine a spotlight on privacy in the hiring process – which has become even more complicated with the expansion of the remote workforce and remote recruiting, as well as new laws protecting the privacy of employees, contractors, and even job applicants. ...

3 Common Ways Employers Run Afoul of Privacy Laws in the Hiring Process – And How to Avoid Them!

Winthrop Attorney Lisa Ellingson will be presenting at the Minnesota CLE Hiring Employees in 2023 Seminar on January 25, 2023. Lisa’s presentation is titled, “3 Common Ways Employers Run Afoul of Privacy Laws in the Hiring Process – And How to Avoid Them!” The CLE will answer new and recurring employment law and HR questions ...

Data Privacy and Security – Recurring Themes for High-Stakes Issue-Spotting Including Overcoming Challenges in the Hybrid Workplace

Winthrop and Weinstine attorney Lisa Ellingson is speaking at the Midwest IP Institute seminar on September 29, 2022.  The CLE is entitled, “Data Privacy and Security – Recurring Themes for High-Stakes Issue-Spotting Including Overcoming Challenges in the Hybrid Workplace.” It’s perhaps no surprise that the worlds of IP and data privacy and security sometimes overlap. ...

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 ...