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Minnesota Court of Appeals Rules that Defamation Claim Against Union Not Preempted by NLRA

David Richie

In an unpublished decision filed on March 22, 2021, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that a defamation lawsuit brought by Madison Equities, Inc. (“Madison”), a real estate management company,…

Dennis J. Merley

As the pandemic and civil unrest continue, a bit of levity might be a welcome relief. Thus, let us consider the defamation case filed by former Major League Baseball player…

Grant S. Gibeau

An employee who was terminated for violating her employer’s conflict-of-interest policy can not sue her former supervisor after the supervisor discovered the conflict, conducted an investigation, and recommended that the…

Dennis J. Merley

An Ohio jury recently awarded $2 million dollars to a nurse they felt had been defamed by a hospital that reported her to the State Board of Nursing (“BON”). Here’s…

Dennis J. Merley

What would you do if you received an anonymous complaint together with a video–perhaps posted on YouTube–showing your employee doing something very, very wrong. What if the media was camped…