Blog posts in category David Gonzales

Community Bank Alert: FDIC’s Brokered Deposit Rule

Posted on 04/08/2021 at 01:51 PM by David Gonzales

Categories: Banking Law, David Gonzales

Tagged As: Brokered Deposit Rule, community bankers, community banks, deposit broker, FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Primary Purpose Exception

Community Bank Alert: FDIC’s Brokered Deposit Rule

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) recently amended the Brokered Deposit Rule in order to clarify the depo...

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Looming LIBOR Transition: Bank Planning Should Start Now

Posted on 07/20/2020 at 11:17 AM by David Gonzales

Categories: Banking Law, David Gonzales

Tagged As: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, interest rates, LIBOR, London Interbank Offer Rate , Prime Rate, Regulation Z, Secure Overnight Funding Rate , SOFR, Truth in Lending Act

Looming LIBOR Transition: Bank Planning Should Start Now

The London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR) is the basis index for a large number of financial instruments from interest rat...

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Department of Homeland Security Addresses Ongoing COVID-19 Issues with Temporary Policies

Posted on 05/20/2020 at 03:12 PM by David Gonzales

Categories: David Gonzales, Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Homeland Security, E-Verify program, employers, Form I-9, H2-A visas, temporary agricultural workers

Department of Homeland Security Addresses Ongoing COVID-19 Issues with Temporary Policies

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued several announcements regarding ch...

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Iowa Workforce Development Announces It May Again Start Charging Employer Accounts for Benefits Paid as a Result of COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on 04/20/2020 at 01:18 PM by David Gonzales

Categories: David Gonzales, Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: CARES Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, employment and labor issues , Iowa's unemployment statute, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, unemployment

Iowa Workforce Development Announces It May Again Start Charging Employer Accounts for Benefits Paid as a Result of COVID-19 Pandemic

Iowa’s unemployment statute has a complex funding provision that appears in part to have some actuarial basis. The...

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Federal Banking Regulators Issue Community Bank Leverage Guidance in Accordance with CARES Act

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 02:27 PM by David Gonzales

Categories: Banking Law, David Gonzales

Tagged As: bank regulations, CARES Act, community bankers, Coronavirus, COVID-19, FDIC, Federal Reserve, OCC, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

Federal Banking Regulators Issue Community Bank Leverage Guidance in Accordance with CARES Act

The recent passage of the CARES Act included language encouraging increased lending from community banks by relaxing lev...

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Newest I-9 Form “Update” Includes a Reminder of Responsibility

Posted on 02/06/2020 at 02:02 PM by David Gonzales

Categories: David Gonzales, Employment & Labor Law, Immigration Law

Tagged As: Department of Homeland Security, employment and labor issues , employment attorney, employment eligibility verification, I-9 Employment Eligibility/Verification Form, Instructions for Completing Form I-9

Newest I-9 Form “Update” Includes a Reminder of Responsibility

At the end of January the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule establishing the newest version o...

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Cannabis Banking: Dickinson attorneys to present at Community Bankers of Iowa Leadership Conference

Posted on 02/06/2020 at 10:13 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Banking Law, Business Law, David Gonzales, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: banking, Banking & Finance Law, banking in Iowa, cannabis, cannabis banking , CBI Leaders of Tomorrow, David Gonzales , Emily McGovern, Emily Staudacher, hemp, hemp agriculture, hemp farming, marijauna

Cannabis Banking: Dickinson attorneys to present at Community Bankers of Iowa Leadership Conference

Attorneys David Gonzales, Emily Staudacher and Emily McGovern will be presenting a breakout session on Cannabis Banking...

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Iowa Supreme Court Clarifies Powers and Plan Due Dates for Existing Guardianships and Conservatorships

Posted on 11/21/2019 at 03:24 PM by David Gonzales

Categories: Banking Law, David Gonzales

Tagged As: Banking & Finance Law, Conservatorship, Guardianship, guardianship attorney, Iowa Conservatorship Law, Iowa Supreme Court

Iowa Supreme Court Clarifies Powers and Plan Due Dates for Existing Guardianships and Conservatorships

This afternoon the Iowa Supreme Court issued a Supervisory Order clarifying powers and initial plan due dates for existi...

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New Version of Form I-9 posted in Federal Register for Public Comment

Posted on 08/29/2019 at 03:54 PM by David Gonzales

Categories: David Gonzales, Employment & Labor Law, Immigration Law

Tagged As: employers, employment law, employment law attorney, Form I-9, Immigration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS

New Version of Form I-9 posted in Federal Register for Public Comment

In June, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) posted a new version of Form I-9 for employ...

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Iowa’s Quirky New Sports Wagering Law

Posted on 07/31/2019 at 01:42 PM by David Gonzales

Categories: David Gonzales

Tagged As: Iowa Code, Iowa law, NASCAR, Sports Wagering Law , NCAA, NAIA, 2020 Games in Tokyo, 2022 World Cup, Professional Sports, Collegiate Sports, International Sports, Motor Racing

Iowa’s Quirky New Sports Wagering Law

Every sport has crazy rules from baseball’s “balk” to the NASCAR “free pass” so it only se...

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