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Webinar: The ABCs of I-9s

Posted on 02/21/2019 at 08:11 AM by David Gonzales

I-9s, Employment Verification, Dickinson Law

E-Verify is on the lips of employers and legislators across the country. However, E-Verify is not the magical solution m...

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

Tagged As: I-9 Employment Eligibility/Verification Form, Immigration Law - Des Moines Iowa, United States Citizenship & Immigration Services I-9 Central

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Iowa’s Marketplace Facilitators: Auctioneers and Consignment Shops and Radio Stations, Oh My!

Posted on 02/20/2019 at 11:15 AM by Cody Edwards

Dickinson Law, Dorothy Red Slippers, SALT Wizard of Oz

State tax practitioners and multistate businesses, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.  Rather, with respect to...

Categories: Business Law, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Iowa Department of Revenue, Iowa sales tax, Marketplace Facilitators, sales & use tax

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No, The Government Won’t Verify Employment Eligibility For You

Posted on 02/18/2019 at 02:00 PM by David Gonzales

Des Moines, Visa I-9 Everify

E-Verify is on the lips of employers and legislators across the country. However, E-Verify is not the magical solution m...

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

Tagged As: E-Verify program, I-9 Employment Eligibility/Verification Form, Immigration Law - Des Moines Iowa, Instructions for Completing Form I-9, United States Citizenship & Immigration Services I-9 Central, USCIS E-Verify

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Troubled Ag Loans and Chapter 12

Posted on 02/12/2019 at 10:27 AM by Bradley Kruse

Combine Iowa Harvest Time

The recent article Wall Street Journal titled Farm Belt Bankruptcies are Soaring, notes that “a wave of bankruptcies is...

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law

Tagged As: agribusiness, Chapter 12 bankruptcy, Iowa banking law, loan documentation, loan modification, Market Facilitation Program, Tariffs, Trump

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Third Party Ag Liens--You're Not as Secure as You Think

Posted on 02/08/2019 at 12:27 PM by The Newsroom

Tractor, Plow, Dickinson Law

As the Wall Street Journal reported this week, U.S. farm related Chapter 12 bankruptcy filings are at a ten-year high. D...

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Banking Law, Brad Kruse, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: ag lending, banking in Iowa, Harvester Lien, Iowa farmland, Landlord's Liens, liens, Supply Dealer Lien

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FLSA “Regular Rate” Regulations are a Current Hot Topic for the DOL

Posted on 02/05/2019 at 11:23 AM by Mike Staebell

Time Card, FLSA Overtime Calculation, Department of Labor

Under the FLSA, the “regular rate” is a mathematical computation used to determine the straight-time rate of pay for non...

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

Tagged As: DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, Opinion Letter FLSA2018-28, overtime pay, Regular Rate

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Feed Supplier Liens Have Priority Over Bank Liens

Posted on 02/04/2019 at 04:13 PM by John Lande

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Lenders are already aware of the many economic risks facing the agricultural economy. Less well known are the legal risk...

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, John Lande

Tagged As: agribusiness, Iowa banking law, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Supreme Court, Oyens Feed & Supply Co. v. Primebank, priority of feed supplier's liens

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The $2 Million Phish

Posted on 02/04/2019 at 12:48 PM by John Lande

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Earlier this year, the Tokyo fish market grabbed headlines when a blue fin tuna sold for a record $3 million. Less well...

Categories: Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Cybersecurity Law, John Lande

Tagged As: fraudelent emails, cyber insurance, Iowa banking law, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa cybersecurity law, phishing

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Government Shutdown Update

Posted on 01/24/2019 at 12:03 PM by Emily Staudacher

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USDA FSA Offices to Reopen Today Secretary Perdue announced that all FSA offices will reopen today through February 8 fr...

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: Federal Shutdown, FSA, Iowa Agricultural Law, Iowa Department of Human Services, MFP, SNAP Program, Sonny Perdue, USDA

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DOL’s Latest Proposed Regulations Addressing the FLSA White Collar Exemption Salary Test Are Drawing Closer but May Be Delayed by the Shutdown

Posted on 01/17/2019 at 01:58 PM by Mike Staebell

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According to several sources, including Bloomberg Law, the DOL has sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for...

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

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, overtime pay, white collar exemption regulation

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