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Postnuptial agreements in Iowa

Posted on 06/20/2014 at 10:31 AM by Mary Zambreno

Mary Zambreno Iowa Family Law Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines Iowa

Co-authored with Jesse R. Johnston Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren did it. Heidi Klum and Seal did it too. What is it? Bo...

Categories: Family Law, Mary Zambreno

Tagged As: contracts between spouses, divorce, family allowance, Heidi Klum, inheritance, Iowa family law, Iowa Supreme Court, postnuptial agreements, Seal, spousal elective share, spousal support, Tiger Woods

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Opportunity to comment on outdated, unnecessary and unduly burdensome banking regulations

Posted on 06/04/2014 at 03:56 PM by Howard Hagen

Every 10 years the FFIEC, OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve are required to review their regulations and solicit comments o...

Categories: Banking Law, Howard Hagen

Tagged As: banking regulations, FDIC, Federal Reserve, FFEIC, Iowa banking law, OCC

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Rethinking the meaning of "attendance" and "workplace"

Posted on 06/04/2014 at 11:44 AM by Russell Samson

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

In EEOC v. Ford Motor Company, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals offers a lesson to all employers that traditional gene...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: absenteeism, EEOC, Iowa Employer Law Blog, job attendance, telecommuting, work from home, working remotely, workplace attendance

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Fade to grey

Posted on 06/02/2014 at 01:22 PM by The Newsroom

Iowa Banking Law Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines, Iowa

Anyone who works regularly with financial laws and regulations knows that they are not always black and white – there is...

Categories: Banking Law

Tagged As: bank regulations, banking regulatory compliance, community banks, compliance, fair lending rules, Iowa banking law, UDAAP

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Board and senior management liability for BSA/AML violations

Posted on 04/21/2014 at 10:34 AM by The Newsroom

Iowa Banking Law Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines, Iowa

The Community Bankers of Iowa publish a monthly newsletter called Community Banker Update that is always rich with impor...

Categories: Banking Law

Tagged As: AML, BSA, community bankers, Community Bankers of Iowa, director responsibility, Iowa banking law, senior management liability

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Supreme Court holds severance payments are taxable wages under FICA

Posted on 04/15/2014 at 09:16 AM by Joan Fletcher

Joan Fletcher iowa bankruptcy law Iowa Employment & Labor Law Dickinson Law Iowa Tax Law Firm Des Moines Iowa

In United States v. Quality Stores Inc., 134 S. Ct. 1395 (2014), the U.S. Supreme Court recently considered whether seve...

Categories: Bankruptcy Law, Employment & Labor Law, Joan Fletcher, Taxation Law

Tagged As: FICA withholding, Internal Revenue Code, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Tax, severance pay, taxable wages

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Penalty for certain workplace posting requirements to double

Posted on 04/11/2014 at 05:44 PM by The Newsroom

On Friday, April 18, 2014, the employer penalty for failing to abide by the notice posting requirements of Title VII of...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: ADA, Civil Rights Act, employer penalty, Iowa Employer Law Blog, posting requirements, Title VII

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Stop the bleeding: "Heartbleed" bug means Facebook, Google and maybe you aren't secure

Posted on 04/10/2014 at 12:28 PM by John Lande

John Lande Iowa Banking Law Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines, Iowa

According to CNet, late on Monday, April 7, 2014, a very serious security vulnerability was revealed to web users who ut...

Categories: Banking Law, John Lande

Tagged As: bank information security, bank information security breach, Heartbleed bug, Iowa banking, online banking, Regulation E

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Loan originator training: How much do you need?

Posted on 04/07/2014 at 01:00 PM by The Newsroom

Iowa Banking Law Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines, Iowa

There is a lot of detail to unpack in the new loan originator compensation rule effective January 1, 2014. In fact, if o...

Categories: Banking Law

Tagged As: banking regulatory compliance, employee training, Iowa banking law, loan origination standards, loan originators, Regulation Z

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Regulators increase scrutiny on marketing

Posted on 03/26/2014 at 01:18 PM by The Newsroom

Iowa Banking Law Iowa Dickinson Law Firm Des Moines, Iowa

As part of what the FTC has deemed Operation Steer Clear (aren't regulators great at catchy names?) it is bringing a wav...

Categories: Banking Law

Tagged As: CFPB, FTC, Iowa banking law, Operation Steer Clear, Regulation Z

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