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Justin Cummins accepted the invitation to present to the Minnesota Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, on September 10, 2013 in Minneapolis, regarding legal strategies and litigation tactics in response to recent changes in employment law

Brendan Cummins accepted the invitation to teach a course in January 2014 about the intersection of workplace rights and social media through the University of Minnesota's Labor Education Service

Minnesota Lawyer interviewed Justin Cummins for an article, published on August 12, 2013, about the legal and practical significance of a recent retaliation case in which the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld $300,000 in emotional distress damages based solely on plaintiff testimony

Brendan Cummins accepted the invitation to speak about the legal and practical dimensions of handling medical data in labor and employment matters at the annual Labor & Employment Law Institute, which will be held in Minneapolis on November 22, 2013

Justin Cummins accepted the invitation to present regarding developments in anti-retaliation law, especially given the recent trends in employee social-media usage, at the 2014 conference of the South Dakota Society for Human Resource Management to be held in Sioux Falls

Justin Cummins co-authored an article about effectively handling scorched-earth defense tactics in employment and civil rights cases, which was published by the law journal of the Minnesota Association for Justice

WCCO-TV interviewed Justin Cummins for a report, broadcast on July 11, 2013, about what kind of statements and actions in the workplace can violate employment law or civil rights statutes

Cummins & Cummins, LLP accepted the invitation to participate in monthly Second Chance Saturdays workshops sponsored by the City of Minneapolis Civil Rights Department and the Council on Crime & Justice

Justin Cummins accepted the invitation to present at a conference sponsored by Minnesota CLE, to be held on August 21, 2013 in Minneapolis, regarding the legal dimensions of social-media use by employees

At the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department Lawyers Conference in Pittsburgh, on June 5, 2013, Brendan Cummins commented on how to use recent Eighth Circuit precedent to pursue cutting-edge legal strategies for unions and their members