The District Court of Minnesota denied Caliper Building Systems, LLC’s motion to be excused from a lawsuit accusing it of failing to pay construction workers overtime pay.
https://www.nka.com/news-and-articles/caliper-09212020.html
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Court Denies Framing Subcontractor’s Attempt at an Early Exit From Overtime Lawsuit
The world lost an amazing woman today. #Ruth
Nichols Kaster, PLLP partner Michele Fisher is quoted in an article about employee rights during the pandemic when working remotely.
#employeeandconsumerrights #nicholskaster #remoteworkrights #employeerightsattorneys #fairpay
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/virus-telework-surge-primed-for-school-year-reckoning-in-court
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/business/economy/wage-theft-recession.html
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Stiffing Workers on Wages Grows Worse With Recession
Nichols Kaster Attorneys Named The Best Lawyers in America® for 2021
https://www.nka.com/news-and-articles/best-lawyers-2021.html
Today marks 100 years since the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, was ratified. Even after ratification, however, women of color still faced barriers to voting. At Nichols Kaster, we support the rights of all persons to have their voice heard.
#equalrights #civilrightsattorneys #19thamendment #nicholskasterattorneys
This week is our big move up to the 47th floor of the IDS Center. Thanks to Yellow Dog, Cushman Wakefield, and Greiner construction for making the build go smoothly.
In July of 2018, Kathleen Bliss, on behalf of herself and a proposed class of attorneys, sued the for-profit prison CoreCivic, alleging that the prison wiretapped attorney-client phone calls in violation of federal and state law.
https://www.nka.com/news-and-articles/corecivic-update.html
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Ninth Circuit Revives Wiretapping Action Against For-Profit Prison CoreCivic
Nichols Kaster is hiring! We are looking for an E-Discovery Paralegal/Project Manager to join our growing E-Discovery group.
Visit https://www.nka.com/careers.html for more information and to apply online.
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We will always stand with workers. Proud to fight to hold the gov’t accountable with Justice At Work, Public Justice and Towards Justice
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/26/trumps-labor-secretary-is-a-wrecking-ball-aimed-at-workers
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Trump’s Labor Secretary Is a Wrecking Ball Aimed at Workers
Many of us will be making our own feasts this pandemic Thanksgiving. We are thankful for the poultry processing plant workers. Many of them have continued working in close quarters without adequate protections from COVID-19. Workers of color are disproportionately impacted by these unsafe practices. Nichols Kaster, PLLP, together with Towards Justice, and Justice at Work, have been working for better protections for poultry plant workers from the dangers of the pandemic.
Nichols Kaster, PLLP partners Steven A. Smith and Michele R. Fisher were inducted as fellows tonight to the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers via a remote ceremony. The College is a fellowship of the most accomplished members of the labor and employment law community. #CLEL #nicholskaster
Nichols Kaster is Representing the Officers, who faced Race- and Color-Based Discrimination during Derek Chauvin’s Detention at the Ramsey County Jail.
https://www.nka.com/news-and-articles/ramsey-county-jail.html
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Eight Correctional Officers Subjected to Segregation Order File Lawsuit Against Ramsey County
$2.916 million settlement reached for hourly Pilot Travel Center truck stop workers.
https://www.nka.com/news-and-articles/pilot-settlement.html
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$2.916 Million Settlement Reached for Pilot Travel Center Hourly Employees
Today, Nichols Kaster, along with co-counsel Gender Justice, filed a lawsuit against USA Powerlifting
https://www.nka.com/news-and-articles/cooper-uspl.html
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Nichols Kaster & Co-counsel Gender Justice File Case Opposing Trans Sports Ban
