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Feed supplier liens have priority over bank liens

Posted on 06/01/2016 at 12:00 AM by John Lande

John Lande Iowa Banking Law Dickinson Law Des Moines Iowa, Iowa bankruptcy law

Last Friday the Iowa Supreme Court brought greater clarity to lien law for credit extended to farmers. The dispute in Oy...

Categories: Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, John Lande

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

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Contradictory affidavit rule

Posted on 06/01/2016 at 12:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Banking Law Iowa Real Estate & Land Use Dickinson Law Des Moines Iowa

The Iowa Supreme Court opinion Estate of Paul Dedrick v. Daniel J. Baldi, No. 14-1547 (May 6, 2016) addressed many impor...

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

Tagged As: Iowa Supreme Court, Estate of Paul Dedrick v Daniel J Baldi

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California Setting the Cybersecurity Standard

Posted on 05/31/2016 at 01:25 PM by John Lande

John Lande Iowa Banking Law Iowa Cybersecurity Law Dickinson Law Des Moines Iowa

California has been a leader on developing cybersecurity standards for businesses. California was the first state to imp...

Categories: Banking Law, Cybersecurity Law, John Lande

Tagged As: California, cyber attack, cyber defense, hackers, Iowa banking law, Iowa cybersecurity law, malware

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The Losses Keep Coming

Posted on 05/27/2016 at 12:00 AM by John Lande

John Lande Iowa Banking Law Iowa Cybersecurity Law Dickinson Law Des Moines Iowa

This blog has previously covered instances of corporate account takeover that have resulted in litigation between accoun...

Categories: Banking Law, Cybersecurity Law, John Lande

Tagged As: bank cyber attack, Bank of America, cyber attacks, hackers, Iowa banking, Iowa cybersecurity law

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SUB plans and annualization under the Davis Bacon Act

Posted on 05/26/2016 at 10:13 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB) Plans provide privately funded unemployment benefits through employer trust fun...

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

Tagged As: construction, Davis Bacon Act, DOL Wage and Hour Division, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, SUB, Supplemental Unemployment Benefits, Wage and Hour

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OSHA's revised recordkeeping requirements: Your injury and illness reports are going public

Posted on 05/26/2016 at 12:00 AM by Joan Fletcher

Joan Fletcher Iowa Employment & Labor Law Dickinson Law Des Moines Iowa

Under OSHA’s current Recordkeeping Regulation (29 CFR 1904) employers with more than 10 employees and whose businesses a...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher

Tagged As: Iowa employers, OSHA, OSHA workplace injuries and illness, workplace injuries

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The wait is over: Final Rule changing the salary test for four categories of white collar workers released

Posted on 05/18/2016 at 12:00 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Jill Jensen-Welch Iowa Wage & Hour Watch Iowa Employment & Labor Law Dickinson Law Des Moines Iowa

Late yesterday, May 17, the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, released materials related to the new Final Rul...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, employment litigation, Iowa employers, labor law, Mike Staebell

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In absence of statutory exception, defendant must be sued in county of residence

Posted on 05/18/2016 at 12:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Banking Law Iowa Commercial Litigation Law Dickinson Law Des Moines Iowa

Schmitt and Abernethy entered into a contract. The contract did not state where performance was to occur, but payment wa...

Categories: Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: Abernethy v Schmitt, Court of Appeals, Iowa banking, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals

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No abuse of discretion in allowing third party discovery after judgment

Posted on 05/17/2016 at 12:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky, Iowa Banking Law, Iowa Commercial Litigation Law Dickinson Law, Iowa Construction Law, Des Moines Iowa, Dickinson Law Firm

Iowa appellate courts rarely issue opinions in cases addressing third party discovery post-judgment. Thus, counsel engag...

Categories: Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: construction, Court of Appeals, Golden Enterprises v Iowa District Court for Polk County, Iowa banking law, Iowa Commercial Litigation

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Motion to dismiss in mortgage foreclosure suit denied as untimely

Posted on 05/11/2016 at 12:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Mollie Pawlosky Iowa Banking LawDickinson Law Des Moines Iowa

Charles and Laura Jones, in Grinnell State Bank v. Jones, No. 15-0674 (April 27, 2016), appealed from an order denying t...

Categories: Banking Law, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: bank foreclosure, Grinnell State Bank v Jones, Iowa banking law, Iowa Court of Appeals

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