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Thanks for the free house! Supreme Court to decide whether TILA permits rescission by letter

Posted on 11/19/2014 at 01:30 PM by John Lande

John Lande Iowa Banking Law Dickinson Law Des Moines Iowa

On November 4, 2014, the United States Supreme Court heard argument in Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans. The case cen...

Categories: Banking Law, John Lande

Tagged As: bank disclosures, borrowers, Countrywide Home Loans, invalid mortgage, rescinding loans, Supreme Court, TILA, Truth in Lending Act

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Finally: The NLRB places limits on insubordinate Facebook conduct

Posted on 11/04/2014 at 09:03 AM by Melissa Schilling

Melissa Schilling Iowa Employment and Labor Law Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines, Iowa

On October 28, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finally sided with the employer in a case involving Faceb...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling

Tagged As: NLRA and Facebook, NLRA and social media policies, NLRB and protected concerted activity, NLRB and social media, protected concerted activities, protected concerted activity

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"Calling a dog's tail a leg does not make it a leg": FedEx improperly classified drivers as independent contractors

Posted on 08/29/2014 at 09:33 AM by The Newsroom

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on August 27, 2014, that FedEx misclassified full-time delivery drivers in Cali...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: Fair Labor Standards Act requirements, FedEx drivers, independent contractor

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Too small to care? No bank is too small for cyber-attacks

Posted on 08/28/2014 at 10:14 AM by John Lande

This blog has continually covered how recent high profile data breaches at Target and other major internet sites have hi...

Categories: Banking Law, Cybersecurity Law, John Lande

Tagged As: bank information security breach, community banks, cyber attacks, cyber threats, cybersecurity, data security, hackers, Iowa banking law, Iowa cybersecurity law, Target data security breach

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An agreement is an agreement: JPMorgan Chase tries to rescind permanent loan modification agreement

Posted on 08/11/2014 at 08:20 AM by John Lande

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that JPMorgan Chase ("Chase") could be sued for breach of a permanent...

Categories: Banking Law, John Lande

Tagged As: Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Home Affordable Modification Program, Iowa banking law, JPMorgan Chase, loan modification

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Dissolutions of the personal and corporate marriage

Posted on 08/01/2014 at 08:06 AM by Mary Zambreno

Mary Zambreno Iowa Family Law Des Moines Iowa Dickinson Law Firm

Co-authored by Samantha Wagner Do you have a Major League Baseball team that needs to be divided as a result of your imp...

Categories: Family Law, Mary Zambreno

Tagged As: buy sell agreement, co-owned business, couples who own business together, divorce, equitable property, Iowa family law, Los Angeles Dodgers, marital assets, McCourt

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Everything is our business: CFPB has broad pre-lawsuit discovery powers

Posted on 07/29/2014 at 09:08 AM by John Lande

By now all entities involved in financial services are aware of the CFPB's focus on consumer financial protection, and t...

Categories: Banking Law, John Lande, Posts

Tagged As: CFPB, CFPB authority, regulatory issues, subpoena

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MAP-ping a course through marketing and advertising compliance

Posted on 07/07/2014 at 09:58 AM by The Newsroom

Iowa Banking Law Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines, Iowa

In 2011, the FTC worked to better protect consumers by marking clear boundaries in the area of deceitful and misleading...

Categories: Banking Law

Tagged As: banking regulatory compliance, deceptive practices, FTC, Iowa banking law, marketing compliance, mortgage advertisements, mortgage lenders

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No guidance after Noel: CFPB director's recess appointment was unconstitutional

Posted on 06/26/2014 at 09:48 AM by John Lande

This morning the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Noel Canning v. NLRB. We previously profiled this case...

Categories: Banking Law, John Lande

Tagged As: Iowa banking law, NLRB, NLRB recess appointments, President Obama, Richard Cordray, unconstitutional

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Still no standard on whether off-duty profanity toward your boss is protected

Posted on 06/26/2014 at 08:16 AM by Russell Samson

Russ Samson Iowa Employment & Labor Law Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines Iowa

On June 16, 2014, in Starbucks Corporation, 360 NLRB No. 134 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that an empl...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: First Amendment, Iowa Employer Law Blog, National Labor Relations Act, Starbucks, union, wrongful termination

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