Blog Posts

26Jul
2013

Hold On, I’ll Have to Check with My Husband

Can you be fired if your spouse works with one of your competitors?  The jury is still out.  Literally. In Minnesota Court of Appeals case of April Aase v. Wapiti Meadows Community Technologies & Services, Inc., et ...

26Jul
2013

John Thompson & Jeff Oberman Presented at the 2013 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute

John Thompson and Jeff Oberman each spoke at the May 2013 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute. This year’s Employment Law Institute was held on May 20 & 21, 2013, at the St. Paul RiverCentre. John co-presented a ...

26Jul
2013

Oberman Authors Chapter on Minnesota Employment Contracts

In 2012, Jeff Oberman authored a chapter on “Minnesota Employment Contracts” in Representing the Ongoing Business, which is published by the Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education.  Jeff also ...

26Jul
2013

Jeff Oberman Presented Twice at The 2013 Business Law Institute

Jeff Oberman presented twice at the Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education (MSBA/CLE) – 2013 Business Law Institute. He presented on “10 Mistakes Employers Make When Dealing With Executives and Other ...

09Jul
2012

All Four Oberman Thompson Lawyers Named a 2012 Super Lawyer or Rising Star

Oberman Thompson is proud to announce that all four of its members/owners - Jeff Oberman, John Thompson and Jamie Forman - have been selected as 2012 Super Lawyers, as published on-line at superlawyers.com and in Super ...

04Jun
2012

MN Supreme Court Declares that Employees Need Not Specifically Reference the Minnesota Parenting Leave Act when They Seek the Protections provided by It

Employees are only required to identify a qualifying reason for leave under the Minnesota Parenting Leave Act (“MPLA”).  Extending MPLA leave does not automatically extend an Employee’s right to Reinstatement. In a ...

25May
2012

MN Supreme Court Expands Meaning of Hostile Work Environment Under MHRA

A hostile work environment claim under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (“MHRA”) may be based on harassing conduct that is based on sex, even if the offending conduct is not sexual.  In a case released last week by the ...

23May
2012

John Thompson & Jeff Oberman Presented at the 2012 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute

John Thompson and Jeff Oberman each spoke at the May 2012 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, co-sponsored by Minnesota CLE, the Minnesota State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, and the Twin Cities Human ...

03May
2012

Anthony Gabor Elected Treasurer of Minnesota State Bar Association’s Practice Management & Marketing Section

Oberman Thompson is proud to announce that one of its attorneys has been elected to an officer position for the MSBA's Practice Management and Marketing Section.  Tony Gabor has been elected to be treasurer, for the one year ...

01May
2012

Can I Write You a Check?

Another employer-friendly case came down from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals last week.  In Leslie Luster v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a terminated Wells Fargo employee brought a racial discrimination claim against it ...