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The Revised Title IX Rules Are Becoming Effective — Is Your School Ready?

Posted on 08/04/2020 at 10:08 AM by Robert Porter

As elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools race to prepare programs and campuses for the return of students am...

Categories: Education Law

Tagged As: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, New Title IX rules , sexual harassment, sexual harassment allegations, sexual harassment investigation, Title IX, U.S. Department of Education

DOL Publishes a Request for Information on Current FMLA Regulations

Posted on 07/31/2020 at 03:11 PM by Mike Staebell

On July 17, 2020, the USDOL’s Wage and Hour Division published a “Request for Information” (RFI) in the Federal Register...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: Department of Labor, employees, employers, Family and Medical Leave Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Federal Register, FMLA, Request for Information , U.S. Department of Labor

The Public Procurement Process in Iowa & Bidding Opportunities for the Week of July 27

Posted on 07/29/2020 at 11:42 AM by Robert Porter

In Iowa, the public sector has a significant impact on the state’s economy. The state has proposed to spend over $70 mil...

Categories: Bidding & Public Contracts , Rob Porter

Tagged As: bidding opportunities, public contract bidding opportunities, public procurement process, public procurement process in Iowa

New State Requirement: Iowa Employers Must Tell Departing Employees About Unemployment Insurance

Posted on 07/27/2020 at 09:35 AM by Robert Porter

An emergency rule adopted by the Iowa Workforce Development agency [“IWD”] now requires Iowa employers to “ensure worker...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Rob Porter

Tagged As: departing workers, employees, employers, Iowa unemployment insurance disclosure form, Iowa Workforce Development, reduced hours, U.S. Department of Labor, unemployment insurance

NLRB Grants Employers More Leeway to Correct Abusive Workplace Behavior

Posted on 07/22/2020 at 04:37 PM by Robert Porter

The NLRB recently granted employers more authority to discipline or discharge employees engaged in abusive behavior, eve...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Rob Porter

Tagged As: abusive workplace behavior, Atlantic Steel , Clear Pine Mouldings , discriminatory employee conduct, employee conduct, General Motors, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, offensive language, Pier Sixty , Wright Line

Register for the 2020 Banking Law Webinar Series

Posted on 07/22/2020 at 10:02 AM by The Newsroom

Keep Calm and Bank On ® The year 2020 will forever be known as the year a pandemic swept the globe and caused widesprea...

Categories: Banking Law

Tagged As: Andrea Rastelli, banking industry, bankruptcy, Ben Bruner, Brad Kruse, case law updates , Coronavirus, COVID-19, David Gonzales , David Wetsch, Emily McGovern, financial powers of attorney, Fintech, garnishment, Howard Hagen, Howard Hagen banking & finance law, Jeff Baxter, John Lande, LIBOR, London Interbank Offer Rate , managing your workforce, Melissa Schilling, pandemic, Sarah Ruba, shareholder officer meetings, troubled loans, Volcker Rule rollback, Webinar , Webinar Series

Looming LIBOR Transition: Bank Planning Should Start Now

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

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

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

Schrems II Decision and its Inevitable Impact on US Companies Processing Data in EU

Posted on 07/19/2020 at 02:03 PM by Andrea Rastelli

On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union, Europe’s highest court, issued its highly anticipated deci...

Categories: Andrea Rastelli, Cybersecurity Law

Tagged As: cybersecurity, data privacy, Data Protection Commission v. Facebook Ireland, Schrems (Schrems II), EU- US Privacy Shield Framework, Facebook, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation , personal consumer data, personal data protection, Privacy Shield Framework

Dickinson Artists on Display Spotlight – Denice Peters: Interpretation of Light and Color

Posted on 07/15/2020 at 11:39 AM by The Newsroom

When you look at Denison-based artist Denice Peters’ pastel works, you can’t help but be drawn into the use of dramatic...

Categories: Dickinson Cares, Featured Article

Tagged As: artistic works, Artists on Display Program, Baroque art style, Chiaroscuro art style, Dickinson Law Artist on Display Program, Iowa Artists on Display, landscapes, pastel art, still life

2020 Iowa Legislative Session Sales and Use Tax Changes

Posted on 07/13/2020 at 12:00 PM by Cody Edwards

On June 29, 2020, Governor Reynolds signed into law House File 2641, which included several changes to Iowa’s sales and...

Categories: Cody Edwards, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: 2020 Iowa Legislature Session, Bundled Transactions, computer exemption, Construction Contracts with Designated Exempt Entities, County Recorder, Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Code § 423.1(10A), Iowa Code § 423.2(6)(bs), Iowa Code § 423.2(8), Iowa Code § 423.3(47), Iowa Code § 423.33 , Iowa Code § 423.4(1), Iowa Department of Revenue, Iowa House File 2641, liability for failure to pay sales or use tax, sales & use tax, Sales to Tribal Governments, Snowmobiles and All-Terrain Vehicles, Software Sold as Tangible Personal Property, Whitetail Deer Hunting

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