Employers need to know about new Department of Labor FMLA poster
3-4-2013
Employers are required to display a new poster no later than March 8, 2013 supplied by the Department of Labor summarizing major provisions of The Family and Medical Leave Act... View »
Change in the Law for Assessment of Undeveloped Platted Lots
1-24-2013
Under prior Iowa law, when a subdivision plat was recorded, the individual lots in the plat could not be assessed in excess of the total assessment of the land as... View »
Sweeping Changes Made to Iowa's Mechanic's Lien Statute
5-8-2012
On April 27, 2012, Governor Branstad signed legislation making sweeping changes to Iowa’s Mechanic’s Lien Statute. The law is largely a response to problems experienced during the recent economic down-turn... View »
Conference on Renewable Energy in the Midwest
10-25-2011
The Third Annual Conference on New Developments in Renewable Energy in the Midwest: New Policy, Business and Legal Developments, was held August 25-26, 2011. Sheila Tipton, an attorney at Belin... View »
Employer Restrictions on Social Media
8-25-2011
The Acting General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a report detailing the outcome of the Board’s investigation into several cases involving social media. The report, found... View »
Iowa's Ban on Texting While Driving
7-7-2010
On April 1, 2010, Iowa became the twenty-first state to enact legislation banning texting while driving. Iowa’s new distracted driving law became effective July 1, 2010. During its first year,... View »
