Trepanier And Ella Author Piece For State Bar Publication On Minnesota Drug Testing Law; Team Up To Speak On Same Topic
TMB Shareholders Craig W. Trepanier and V. John Ella have written an article for the September 2017 issue of Bench and Bar, the monthly magazine published by the Minnesota State Bar Association. The article is entitled Three Decades of DATWA and discusses recent developments and case law regarding Minnesota’s statute governing employer testing of applicants and employees […]
Federal FAA Regulations Preempt DATWA for Drug Testing of Airline Personnel
In MN Airlines, Inc. v. Levander, No. 15-CV-2454 PAM/BRT, 2015 WL 5092495 (D. Minn. Aug. 28, 2015), the court addressed whether federal law preempts the Minnesota Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act (“DATWA”) in the field of drug testing of airline personnel. The court concluded that the regulations are clear that the Federal […]