Most private employers are not required by statute to investigate applicants' past criminal activity. More and more employers conduct background checks in an effort to avoid a "bad hire" or liability for a negligent hire. Melinda Sanders, an employment attorney at...
Quinlivan & Hughes attorneys Melinda Sanders and Brad Hanson will outline key practices and lead a discussion about investment policies and their role in nonprofits. Learn about the requirements of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act as well...
United States District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz didn't pull any punches in his order on Aug. 23 in Scheffler v. City of Coon Rapids on 17 causes of action in this unlawful arrest and excessive force case. The Court "trudge[d] through 17 claims to separate the wheat...
Quinlivan & Hughes' attorney Cally Kjellberg-Nelson is the recipient of the 2013 Deb Oberlander Award from the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA). The award, created in memory of MDLA's former executive director who passed away in 2008, recognizes the...
The Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA) appointed Quinlivan & Hughes attorney Cally Kjellberg-Nelson to its Board of Directors. She will serve a two-year term on the state board that provides leadership and assistance for litigators across Minnesota....
The Minnesota Supreme Court last week made a ruling that impacts employers under the Minnesota's Whistleblower Act. In the case of Friedlander v. Edwards Lifesciences, the Court determined that its prior interpretation of "good faith" has been replaced by the...
Dyan Ebert of Quinlivan & Hughes has been appointed secretary of the Minnesota State Bar Association and will serve as president in four years. Ebert is the second Quinlivan & Hughes attorney to serve as an officer of the association and become president. Mike...
Four attorneys at Quinlivan & Hughes have been recognized among the best attorneys in Minnesota by Super Lawyers. Dyan Ebert, Laura Moehrle and Steven Schwegman have been named 2017 Super Lawyers and Cally Kjellberg-Nelson has been named a 2017 Rising Star. Each...
The Court of Appeals of Minnesota in Otto v. Wright County, et al. interpreted the State Government Finance Omnibus Bill, and determined that counties could hire private CPA firms to conduct the required annual audits, but the State Auditor still retains substantial...
The Court of Appeals of Minnesota in Howard v. Svoboda recently held that a treating physician may comment on issues related to the standard of care and causation during a Minn. Stat. § 595.02 informal conference; however, the Supreme Court of Minnesota vacated that...
