In 2015 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) declined to exercise jurisdiction over a petition filed by a union seeking to represent Northwestern University’s scholarship football players. The NLRB was unwilling to make an affirmative decision as to whether the
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Finding the Future: Building Tiny Houses for the Homeless
In cities across the country, the pandemic has brought home the plight of the homeless. Rising home prices, job losses and economic disparity have left more and more people without viable housing options. Communities everywhere are struggling to find
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An Employer’s Guide to Addressing Requests for Religious Exemption From a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy
Employers mandating that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 should know how to respond to an employee’s request for a religious exemption from the vaccination policy. In this post, I discuss the process an employer can use to distinguish an employee’s
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An Employer’s Guide to Addressing Requests for Religious Exemption From a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy
Employers mandating that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 should know how to respond to an employee’s request for a religious exemption from the vaccination policy. In this post, I discuss the process an employer can use to distinguish an employee’s
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Data Breaches: How Employers Can Protect Themselves from the Fallout
Cyberattacks on employers’ systems or on third parties with whom employers do business are on the rise across the country. Employers need to take a hard look at their current systems to avoid a data breach that affects their employees.
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Old Insurance Policies May Provide Coverage for Damages Caused By Environmental Contamination
State environmental agencies continue to discover long-hidden contamination caused by companies around the country. Contamination may turn up after dredging activities, groundwater sampling or construction of new buildings on redeveloped sites. When these discoveries are made, state environmental agencies search
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Fees, Fees, Fees!
In my practice representing developers and landowners, I routinely review dozens if not more, of development agreements over the course of a year. Without question, the most complained about aspect of virtually all such agreements, by a wide margin, is the extent
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Tamara O’Neill Moreland Moderates Bisnow Minneapolis Construction & Development Webinar
Skyrocketing construction material costs have been front-page news in recent months. Tamara O’Neill Moreland moderates a wide-ranging discussion with Ari Parritz, Managing Principal of Afton Park, and Chris Osmundson, Director of Development at Alatus, on the many trends in construction
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The Legal Fundamentals Series: Challenging a Local Government’s Decision on a Land Use Application
For most controversies relating to a proposed use of land, the local government permitting process will be the initial battleground between the project proponent and opposing persons. Whether the government body grants or denies the land use application(s), many such
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Hollydale Golf Course: The Complex Road to Redevelopment Approval
The redevelopment of any large land area can be very difficult to accomplish, especially when it is surrounded by homeowners who like the status quo. This is especially true when the conversion involves a golf course: pastoral, quiet, well-landscaped (maybe
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