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Check Before You Pay Vendors

Posted on 01/23/2020 at 03:42 PM by John Lande

Check Before You Pay Vendors

Organizations of all kinds continue to fall victim to cyber-fraud involving payments to vendors. The Iowa State Auditor...

Categories: Banking Law, Cybersecurity Law, John Lande

Tagged As: fraudelent emails, banking fraud, cyber attacks, John E. Lande, phishing emails, UCC, Uniform Commercial Code, vendors, cyber-fraud, vendor fraud

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NLRB: Rules Requiring Employees to Maintain “Confidentiality” During Open Investigations Lawful

Posted on 01/23/2020 at 09:50 AM by Russell Samson

NLRB: Rules Requiring Employees to Maintain “Confidentiality” During Open Investigations Lawful

On December 17*, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift S...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, employee investigations & confidentiality, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB

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NLRB Permits, Again, Employers to Restrict Use of Email – Maybe

Posted on 01/22/2020 at 02:25 PM by Russell Samson

NLRB Permits, Again, Employers to Restrict Use of Email – Maybe

Prior to 2014, NLRB case law gave an employer the right to control its property. The NLRB tempered that right when an em...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Caesars Entertainment Inc. , National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, NLRB and employee email usage, Purple Communications, Inc. , Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino

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NLRB Rolls Back Obama “Quickie” Election Rules

Posted on 12/20/2019 at 03:02 PM by Melissa Schilling

NLRB Rolls Back Obama “Quickie” Election Rules

On December 13, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced changes to regulations implemented during th...

Categories: Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling

Tagged As: employers, employment and labor issues , Labor Unions, Melissa Schilling, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, NLRB election procedures, NLRB election rules, unions

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Festivus 2019: State Tax Edition

Posted on 12/20/2019 at 09:20 AM by Cody Edwards

Festivus 2019: State Tax Edition

And just like that, another Festivus (A Festivus for the Rest of Us!) is upon us! We are celebrating Festivus by revisit...

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Business Law, Cody Edwards, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Airing of Grievances, Attorney Cody Edwards , auctioneers , consignment shops, Feats of Strength, Festivus, Iowa Department of Revenue, Iowa legislature, Iowa Table SALT , Iowa Tax, Iowa Taxation Law, Linn County District Court , Marketplace Facilitators, radio stations, Seinfeld, taxation law, The Human Fund

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NLRB Declines Jurisdiction Over Democratic Presidential Campaign

Posted on 12/17/2019 at 04:00 PM by Russell Samson

NLRB Declines Jurisdiction Over Democratic Presidential Campaigns

I earlier wrote about how various contenders for the Democratic Party nomination for President were wooing organized lab...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, NLRB, Presidential campaigns, Presidential campaigns as employers

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Nobody is SAFE: Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019 Languishes in U.S. Senate

Posted on 12/17/2019 at 09:40 AM by David Gonzales

Nobody is SAFE: Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019 languishes in U.S. Senate

Earlier this year the U.S. House of Representatives passed an act intended to allow federally regulated banking entities...

Categories: Banking Law, Business Law

Tagged As: Banking & Finance Law, banking blogs, cannabis, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, medical cannabis, money laundering, SAFE Banking Act, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

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Ankeny Arrest is a Reminder that CBD Products Remain Illegal in Iowa

Posted on 12/12/2019 at 12:09 PM by Emily Staudacher

Ankeny Arrest is a Reminder that CBD Products Remain Illegal in Iowa

Last week, an Ankeny woman was arrested for selling products that contained cannabidiol, or CBD, as it is widely known....

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Banking Law, Business Law

Tagged As: 2018 Farm Bill, CBD, CBD digestible, CBD oil, Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, hemp, hemp agriculture, hemp farming, THC, USDA

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Fintechs and the Bumpy Regulatory Landscape in Iowa

Posted on 12/12/2019 at 10:15 AM by Andrea Rastelli

Fintechs and the Bumpy Regulatory Landscape in Iowa

Financial Technology, often shortened to fintech, is a booming industry where technology and innovation compete with tra...

Categories: Andrea Rastelli, Banking Law, Emerging Technology Blog

Tagged As: community bankers, community banks, Financial Technology, Fintech, Iowa Code Chapter 524, Iowa Code Chapter 533C, Iowa community banks, Iowa money transmission law, Money Transmission license, Uniform Money Services Act

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Want to Foreclose a Mechanics Lien? Get Your Invoices Straight.

Posted on 12/10/2019 at 11:51 AM by John Lande

Want to Foreclose a Mechanics Lien? Get Your Invoices Straight.

Construction disputes can be complicated. There are often disputes between the parties about the quality of work and the...

Categories: Construction Law, John Lande

Tagged As: construction, Iowa Court of Appeals decision, Iowa mechanics' liens, mechanics' liens, Olmstead Construction, Inc. v. Otter Creek Investments, LLC

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