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FAA proposal outlines rules for commercial use of drones

Posted on 02/17/2015 at 10:16 AM by Ted Craig

This week, the FAA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking outlining a framework of regulations for commercial use of dro...

Categories: Real Estate & Land Use, Ted Craig

Tagged As: agriculture, Amazon, commercial use of drones, drones, FAA, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, unmanned aerial vehicles

Iowa Supreme Court limits a lender's right to remedy of implied warranty of workmanlike construction

Posted on 02/01/2015 at 08:00 AM by Benjamin Bruner

This blog has given similar warnings to foreclosing banks and attorneys in the past, and in the constantly changing lega...

Categories: Banking Law, Ben Bruner, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: assignment of claims, defective construction, foreclosures, implied warranty, Iowa banking law, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Iowa Supreme Court, real estate collateral, warranties, warranty of workmanlike construction

FMLA pop quiz

Posted on 01/29/2015 at 12:22 PM by Russell Samson

Imagine that the wife of one of your employees fell on the ice in their church parking lot on a Sunday morning and broke...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: FMLA, Iowa employers

Target for litigation: Court rules in favor of banks suing Target for data breach

Posted on 01/27/2015 at 12:30 PM by John Lande

In an important ruling in December 2014, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ruled in favor o...

Categories: Banking Law, Cybersecurity Law, John Lande

Tagged As: bank information security breach, banking litiation, banking regulatory compliance, cyber attacks, Iowa banking law, Minnesota's Plastic Card Security Act, Target data security breach

Dear bank: I want my house for free

Posted on 01/23/2015 at 11:58 AM by John Lande

The United States Supreme Court recently decided a case based on a Truth in Lending Act (TILA) provision that allows con...

Categories: Banking Law, John Lande

Tagged As: Banking & Finance Law, banking regulatory compliance, Home Loans, Iowa banking law, Iowa banks, Jesinoski v Countrywide Home Loans, mortgage lenders, Truth in Lending Act, U.S. Supreme Court

Obama Administration: "Paid leave is a worker's right, not a privilege"

Posted on 01/16/2015 at 07:17 AM by Melissa Schilling

On Wednesday, January 14, 2015, a senior advisor for President Obama announced that President Obama will push Congress t...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling

Tagged As: mandatory paid leave, maternity leave, paid sick leave, paid time off, President Obama

Banks beware: If your borrower receives Medicaid reimbursement payments from the state, your first priority interest may be in jeopardy

Posted on 01/14/2015 at 01:03 PM by Joseph Borg

One of the most important considerations for every bank in any lending relationship is the security the borrower is will...

Categories: Banking Law, Joe Borg, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: banking regulatory compliance, community banks, Iowa banking law, Iowa banks, Iowa Supreme Court

The NLRB's new election rule is the "Mount Everest of regulations: Massive in scale and unforgiving in its effect"

Posted on 12/15/2014 at 12:48 PM by Melissa Schilling

For the second time this month, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) took action to boost unions' organizing power...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling

Tagged As: Iowa employers, new NLRB rule, NLRB election procedures, union campaign, union elections, union organize, unionization, unions

Another change to the (previous) 21-year limit on restrictive covenants in favor of homeowners' associations

Posted on 12/09/2014 at 05:07 PM by William Stiles

The Iowa Legislature changed the result expressed in the Chipman case mentioned in my blog of March 1, 2012. Now, Senate...

Categories: Bill Stiles, Litigation & Trial Law, Real Estate & Land Use, Table SALT

Tagged As: Chipman v. Carney, enforceability of homeowners associations assessent rights covenants, homeowners associations, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa real estate, Iowa Table SALT , restrictive covenants

U.S. Supreme Court: Time spent for anti-theft security screenings is not compensable

Posted on 12/09/2014 at 03:54 PM by Melissa Schilling

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employees are entitled to compensation for work or work time. However, the ty...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling

Tagged As: compensable activity, compensation for work time, FLSA, Integrity Staffing Solutions, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Portal to Portal Act, U.S. Supreme Court FLSA decision, work time

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FAA proposal outlines rules for commercial use of drones

Iowa Supreme Court limits a lender's right to remedy of implied warranty of workmanlike construction

FMLA pop quiz

Target for litigation: Court rules in favor of banks suing Target for data breach

Dear bank: I want my house for free

Obama Administration: "Paid leave is a worker's right, not a privilege"

Banks beware: If your borrower receives Medicaid reimbursement payments from the state, your first priority interest may be in jeopardy

The NLRB's new election rule is the "Mount Everest of regulations: Massive in scale and unforgiving in its effect"

Another change to the (previous) 21-year limit on restrictive covenants in favor of homeowners' associations

U.S. Supreme Court: Time spent for anti-theft security screenings is not compensable

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