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On May 20, 2013 at the annual Employment Law Institute in St. Paul, Justin Cummins assessed the strategic and practical significance of the latest developments in federal employment and civil rights law

Justin Cummins contributed a chapter on the law of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in a book about the Americans with Disabilities Act just published in the wake of Congressional amendments and related regulations promulgated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

WCCO-TV interviewed Justin Cummins on May 6, 2013 about the extent to which labor and employment laws protect employees who criticize their employers on Facebook, through other social media, and while otherwise outside the workplace

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed into law, on April 29, 2013, pro-employee amendments to the Minnesota Payment of Wages Act for which Justin Cummins testified before several legislative committees in March 2013

On April 24, 2013, the Minnesota Legislature approved pro-employee amendments to the Minnesota Payment of Wages Act for which Justin Cummins testified before several legislative committees in March 2013

Brendan Cummins and Justin Cummins co-authored an article about the intersection of social media use and workplace rights, which was published by the law journal of the Minnesota Association for Justice

Brendan Cummins and Justin Cummins accepted the invitation to co-teach Labor Law at the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis in connection with the leading Labor & Employment Law concentration in the United States

Justin Cummins accepted the invitation to present at a conference, held by the Minnesota State Bar Association in Blaine on June 20, 2013, about substantive strategies and procedural tactics when representing immigrant plaintiffs in employment, civil rights, and consumer protection cases

Brendan Cummins presented on labor law and effective organizing strategies to the Masters in Advocacy & Political Leadership Program at the University of Minnesota in Duluth on March, 16 2013

On March 15, 2013, Justin Cummins testified before the Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee in St. Paul about proposed changes to the law enabling employees to recover wages that they have earned but remain unpaid by their employer