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Homebuyers end up buying hackers a house

Posted on 03/09/2017 at 08:39 AM by John Lande

John Lande, Iowa Cybersecurity Law, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Dickinson Law Firm, Des Moines Iowa

In what is becoming an all-to-familiar pattern, potential homebuyers in Kansas saw the money they intended to spend on t...

Categories: Cybersecurity Law, John Lande, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: fraudelent emails, Bain v. Continental Title Holding Company, bank cyber attack, cyber theft, cybersecurity, fraudulent wire transfer, hackers

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The sixth protection for agricultural borrowers during foreclosure

Posted on 03/08/2017 at 08:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky, Iowa Banking Law, Iowa Commercial Litigation Law, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Des Moines Iowa, Dickinson Law Firm, Iowa Bankruptcy law

The sixth protection:  The borrower receives a right of first refusal, following the recording of the Sheriff's deed. Wh...

Categories: Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: ag lending, agriculture, bankruptcy, foreclosures, Iowa banking law, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa farmland, protections for agricultural borrowers

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A professional note to Congress: How to increase taxes on farmers and make them very happy!

Posted on 03/07/2017 at 12:28 PM by David Repp

David Repp Dickinson Law Des Moines Iowa Iowa Taxation LAw

Congress and President Trump want to significantly increase military spending, which will be paid for by an increase in...

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: Estate planning for farmers, estate tax, farm income, Farmers' Schedule F, Internal Revenue Service, supply side economics, taxable farm income

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The fifth protection for ag borrowers during foreclosure

Posted on 03/07/2017 at 08:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Banking Iowa Commercial Litigation Iowa Real Estate & Land Use Des Moines Iowa

The fifth protection for ag borrowers:  The lender is barred from seeking foreclosure without redemption. If the mortgag...

Categories: Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: ag lending, agriculture, foreclosures, Iowa farmland, protections for agricultural borrowers

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The fourth protection for ag borrowers during foreclosure

Posted on 03/06/2017 at 08:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Banking Iowa Commercial Litigation Iowa Real Estate & Land Use Dickinson Law Des Moines, IA

The fourth protection for ag borrowers:  The borrower is allowed to seek a continuance. A continuance may allow the mort...

Categories: Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: ag lending, agriculture, foreclosures, Iowa farmland, protections for agricultural borrowers

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I give all my assets to my children, per stirpes -- What?

Posted on 03/06/2017 at 12:00 AM by David Repp

David Repp Iowa Trusts & Estates Law Dickinson Law Des Moines IA

Sometimes, when the business of law is slow, attorneys will spar with each other on social media. This happened this mor...

Categories: David Repp, Trusts & Estates Law

Tagged As: inheritance, Iowa estate planning, Iowa State Bar Association, per stirpes distribution

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Long term care insurance

Posted on 03/03/2017 at 09:55 AM by David Repp

Iowa Taxation Law David Repp Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines, IA

The average cost of nursing homes is $5,627 per month in 2017. In a study reported in the Journal of Geriatrics Society...

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law

Tagged As: long term care insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Miller Trust, nursing home

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"Seinfeld" and the Iowa Department of Revenue

Posted on 03/03/2017 at 09:42 AM by Cody Edwards

Cody Edwards, Iowa Construction Law, Iowa Taxation Law, Iowa Table SALT Law, Dickinson Law Firm, Des Moines Iowa

Call me old school, but the first thing I thought about when reading the Iowa Department of Revenue’s ("Department") lat...

Categories: Cody Edwards, Construction Law, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: construction, contractor tax, double dipping, Iowa Department of Revenue, Letter of Findings, sales tax, Seinfeld

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The second and third protections for ag borrowers during foreclosure

Posted on 03/03/2017 at 08:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Real Estate & Land Use Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines, IA

The second protection: The lender must attempt mediation. A lender shall not initiate a proceeding to foreclose a mortga...

Categories: Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: ag lending, agriculture, foreclosures, Iowa farmland, protections for agricultural borrowers

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The first protection for ag borrowers during foreclosure

Posted on 03/02/2017 at 09:47 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Real Estate & Land Use Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines, IA

The first protection:  The lender must give the borrower a notice to cure default. A creditor shall not initiate an acti...

Categories: Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: ag lending, agriculture, foreclosures, Iowa farmland, protections for agricultural borrowers

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