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On September 20, 2013 in Minneapolis, Justin Cummins presented the Human Rights Committee Resolution before the General Assembly of the Minnesota State Bar Association -- seeking the Association's policy commitment to protecting civil liberties and civil rights -- and the General Assembly voted unanimously to adopt that Resolution

Justin Cummins moderated a replay of a State-wide conference, presented on September 18, 2013 in Minneapolis, regarding developments in employment law

At a meeting of the National Employment Lawyers Association -- Minnesota Chapter in Minneapolis on September 10, 2013, Justin Cummins co-presented regarding recent positive changes to State employment law and several Supreme Court decisions concerning employment claims under Federal law

Justin Cummins accepted the invitation to author a chapter in a book -- which will be published in February 2014 and feature six Federal judges and distinguished litigators -- about the governing law and best practices regarding Federal Court litigation

Justin Cummins accepted the invitation to moderate a replay of a State-wide conference on developments in employment law, which will be held in Minneapolis on September 18, 2013

Justin Cummins accepted the invitation to moderate a panel discussion, which will occur during the annual Labor & Employment Law Institute in Minneapolis on November 22, 2013, about the scope and significance of recent changes to employment and civil rights law enacted by the Minnesota Legislature in the last legislative session

Bob Alfton accepted the invitation to speak about best practices for local government attorneys at the annual conference of the International Municipal Lawyers Association, which will be held in San Francisco on September 29, 2013

Minnesota Lawyer interviewed Justin Cummins for an article, published on August 26, 2013, about the scope and likely impact of the Minnesota Legislature's amendments to Minnesota's whistleblower law

Justin Cummins analyzed with counsel for Best Buy, Inc. the law governing social-media usage by employees during a State-wide conference held in Minneapolis on August 21, 2013

Jonathan Reiner has joined Cummins & Cummins, LLP; Jonathan was Editor-in-Chief of the ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law as well as Student Director of the Workers’ Rights Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School, and he also served as a Peggy Browning Fellow at the AFL-CIO General Counsel’s Office in Washington, DC