Posts by John Lande

John Lande primarily represents financial institutions, privately held businesses, and municipal utilities. He has experience dealing with a variety of legal topics including creditors’ rights in bankruptcy, business torts, agency regulatory actions, municipal lawcontract disputes, and business dissolutions. John has represented clients in numerous hearings and trials in Iowa district court, federal court, and appeals to the Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa Supreme Court, and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

John advises financial institutions on a variety of topics including cybersecurity, internal/criminal investigations, check and wire fraud, insider transactions, collections, examinations, and enforcement actions. His focus is on helping banks implement best practices to avoid litigation and disputes in the future. John has appeared at hearings before the Iowa Division of Banking, FDIC, and Federal Reserve in Iowa and Washington D.C.

John also serves as general counsel to municipal utilities. He advises utilities on governance, open record and meetings laws, rates, public bidding, and any other legal issues they may confront.

John is chair of the firm’s Cybersecurity, Data Breach, & Privacy practice group. He regularly contributes to the firm’s Cybersecurity Law and Banking Law Blogs.

Posted on 11/10/2025 at 11:27 AM by John Lande

It’s Mechanics’ Lien Time

There is no question that the U.S. economy is under stress from several factors. One sector where stress is turning into...

Posted on 09/04/2019 at 04:00 PM by John Lande

Homebuyers Beware: Don’t Pay Hackers for Your House

Cybersecurity incidents can have a dramatic impact on the lives of individuals. This blog has covered numerous cases of...

Posted on 03/09/2017 at 08:58 AM by John Lande

Common collateral monitoring mistakes in ag lending

This blog is part of the ongoing series on common agricultural lending mistakes for lenders to avoid. This part focuses...