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Volunteering With Second Harvest Heartland
Giving Back - Volunteering With Second Harvest Heartland Last week Brownson PLLC teamed up with Second Harvest Heartland in Brooklyn Park to package produce for distribution to local food shelves, pantries, and other meal programs in the area. Second Harvest Heartland...
Celebrating “Back To School” as Former Project Assistants Set Out On Their Law School Journeys
As many students across the country go “back to school” this September, Brownson PLLC celebrates the beginning of the new school year, as former Project Assistants, Taylor Listau, Nikolai Abaev, and Fabiola Gretzinger began their journey as first year law students in...
Operation Backpack – Giving Back
We are so thrilled to support Operation Backpack again this year at Capella Tower! Operation Backpack is a Volunteers of America annual drive to collect new backpacks filled with school supplies for at-risk children from low-income families. To donate to Operation...
Minnesota Worker’s Compensation Change to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims Involving Certain Occupations
On October 1, 2013, Minnesota Workers’ Compensation law first recognized Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) as a compensable work injury. Workers’ compensation claims involving psychological/mental problems are divided into three categories: 1) cases in which...
Human Trafficking and Workers’ Compensation
The International Labor Organization estimates that there are 40.3 million victims of human trafficking globally, 81% of them are trapped in forced labor, and 1 in 4 victims of human trafficking are children. Human Trafficking - How Does it Happen? I learned that...
Giving Back One Ride at a Time
We are so incredibly proud of our very own Caroline Terrio on completing her third century ride (100 mile ride)! On June 2nd Caroline participated in America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. A Little About the Ride This was...
Brownson PLLC on The Road With Minnesota Open Arms
Brownson PLLC proudly partnered with Open Arms of Minnesota on Monday, April 29, 2019, in delivering meals around the Twin Cities. Open Arms of Minnesota is a nonprofit, local organization whose mission is to provide people living with life-threatening illnesses, such...
FDA Questions CBD Cosmetics
Drug store giants Walgreens, CVS and most recently Rite Aid announced they would begin selling topical products containing CBD in several states. Presumably, the cosmetic channel is the path of least resistance for mass retailers because cosmetic ingredients are...
Kristi Brownson to Speak at PLUS Foundation Women’s Leadership Event
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Brownson PLLC, a proud supporter of PLUS, invites you to join Managing Shareholder, Kristi K. Brownson, at the inaugural PLUS Foundation Women’s Leadership Event in Minneapolis on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at the Hotel Ivy. The event...
Brownson PLLC Attorneys to Speak at Cannabis Industry Conference this June
Join Brownson • Norby attorneys Kristi Brownson, Tom Norby, and Lindsey Streicher at the Perrin Emerging Legal Trends in the Cannabis Industry Conference on June 27, 2019 in San Francisco, CA. This conference will bring together industry leaders, innovators and...
2019 Insurance Agent Standard of Care Updates and Overviews Now Available
Brownson PLLC’s 2019 Minnesota Insurance Agent Standard of Care Update and Overview and Brownson PLLC’s 2019 50 State U.S. Insurance Agent Standard of Care Update and Overview are now available online here:...
Brownson PLLC Succeeds in Quashing Motion for Sanctions and Attorney’s Fees
Brownson PLLC is pleased to announce that attorney Kristi Brownson, together with co-counsel from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., prevailed in defeating a motion for sanctions sought in a miscellaneous matter brought against insurer Liberty Mutual...