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Being a good samaritan can be so much work!

Posted on 01/03/2017 at 07:31 AM by David Repp

David Repp Iowa Tax Law Dickinson Law Des Moines, Iowa

On December 21st, the shortest day of the year (and four days before the biggest economic holiday of the year), the temp...

Categories: David Repp, Taxation Law

Tagged As: good samaritan, legal obligation on lost property, lost property, taxation, when you find someone's lost property

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Lender not required to list all grounds for default when accelerating a note's balance

Posted on 12/29/2016 at 07:30 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Banking Law Dickinson Law Des Moines, Iowa

For several decades, Iowa lenders have been required to “take some positive action to exercise [the] option to declare p...

Categories: Banking Law, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: bank note, debtor, demand letter, First American Bank v Midwest Creamery, Iowa banking law, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa Supreme Court

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Iowa Supreme Court exposes more businesses to liability with its new interpretation of negligent misrepresentation

Posted on 12/29/2016 at 12:00 AM by Laura Wasson

Laura Wasson, Iowa Construction Law, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Dickinson Law Firm, Des Moines Iowa

On December 23, the Iowa Supreme Court reversed decisions of the Iowa Court of Appeals and district court in a construct...

Categories: Commercial Litigation, Laura Wasson

Tagged As: bank liability, construction, Dinsdale Construction v Lumber Specialties, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa Supreme Court, subcontractors

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Policy statute of limitations did not bar bad faith suit

Posted on 12/27/2016 at 08:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Dickinson Law Des Moines, Iowa Iowa Commercial Litigation

Thomas and Lana Schlapkohl brought a claim for bad faith against their insurance carrier, American Family Insurance, all...

Categories: Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: American Family Insurance, bad faith, insurance agent, Iowa Commercial Litigation, statute of limitations

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Is your anti-takeover provision affecting shareholder wealth?

Posted on 12/22/2016 at 08:00 AM by Laura Wasson

Laura Wasson Dickinson Law Des Moines, Iowa Iowa Banking Law

Since the hostile takeover boom of the 1980’s, corporations have been implementing anti-takeover measures to protect the...

Categories: Banking Law, Laura Wasson

Tagged As: anti-takeover measures, corporate account takeover, Iowa banking law, shareholder wealth

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Litigating for 31 months waived right to arbitration

Posted on 12/22/2016 at 07:30 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Commercial Litigation Dickinson Law Des Moines, Iowa

Waiving the right to arbitrate requires conduct or activity inconsistent with the right to arbitrate, as well as prejudi...

Categories: Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: arbitration, assessing prejudice, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Heartland Cooperative Co. v Murphy

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Independent contractor or employee? DOL revamps its misclassification webpage

Posted on 12/22/2016 at 12:00 AM by Mike Staebell

Iowa Employment & Labor Law Iowa Wage & Hour Watch Dickinson Mike Staebell Law Des Moines, Iowa

Over the past seven years, DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has been engaged in a crusade against the misclassificatio...

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

Tagged As: David Weil, DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor law, Standards Act

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Tavern exercised reasonable care, because harm was not foreseeable

Posted on 12/21/2016 at 08:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Commercial Litigation Dickinson Law Des Moines, Iowa

The question whether a defendant breached a duty to an injured person turns on whether the defendant has exercised reaso...

Categories: Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: foreseeable harm, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Knight v Elm King Enterprises, personal injury, reasonable care

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Major clarification of Iowa's mechanics' lien law

Posted on 12/21/2016 at 07:30 AM by John Lande

John Lande, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Construction Law, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Dickinson Law Firm, Des Moines Iowa

This blog previously covered the decision from the Iowa Court of Appeals in Standard Water Control Systems, Inc. v. Jone...

Categories: Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, John Lande, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: construction, general contractors, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals decision, Iowa mechanics' liens, Iowa real estate law, Iowa Supreme Court, Standard Water Control Systems v Jones, subcontractors

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Listen to everything the witness says before trying to impeach

Posted on 12/20/2016 at 09:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Commercial Litigation Dickinson Law Des Moines, Iowa

Mendez sued an apartment building owner and the building’s manager after slipping and falling down a flight of exterior...

Categories: Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: impeach, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals, witness, witness testimony

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