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I ran across an excellent article by employment law litigator Jason Storipan of Stark & Stark on issues involving electronic discovery and employment law. Storipan cautions that employers must be aware and plan for the new electronic discovery rules:
". . . [e]mployment law is an area of the law that the increases in
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Jeff Mathias is the author of a new law blog called Bankruptcy Cafe. He already has some nice posts including 8 Tips to Rebuild Your Credit After Bankruptcy and 10 Common Bankruptcy Mistakes. His writing style is very straight-forward and informative.
Jeff is savvy when it comes to providing information to the public…
Microsoft has renewed its attacks against Roxanne Conlin in the Iowa consumer class action case. This time Microsoft wants the right to question the named plaintiffs about their connections to Conlin before the lawsuit. Apparently Microsoft believes Conlin recruited these plaintiffs to file the lawsuit. According to the Des Moines Register, Conlin acknowledges she was…
I tell clients they need to establish relationships with at least four professionals when starting a business including:
As tax season kicks into full force many business owners may be considering hiring an accountant to complete their business taxes. I always get worried when a business person tells me he…
Big news today. A federal grand jury has indicted four people on fraud and conspiracy charges in the CIETC scandal and the former CIETC Chief Operating Officer, John Bargman, apparently pleaded guilty to charges in exchange for testimony in the case.
The four indicted include:
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Join the Public Defender Stuff Blog and its Blawg Review #91 in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. You can also check out the "I Have Dream" speech courtesy of YouTube and the Volokh Conspiracy.
In Iowa, the sole owner of a business generally has the following choices for type of business entity:
Some of the factors you may want to consider include:
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Tim Johnson of Carpe Factum recently challenged Iowa patent lawyer Brett Trout and me to show how we "thin-slice" clients and cases. Brett posted first and did a great job with how he thin-slices clients. That leaves thin-slicing cases to me. Thin-slicing is a concept from Malcom Gladwell’s book, Blink, and is about…
If you are a lawyer representing an individual you better start asking your clients whether they have a MySpace, Facebook, or other social networking Web site. A lawyer I know ended up on the short end of the stick in a pre-trial hearing when opposing counsel pulled out pictures and comments from a…
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled there is no private right of action for violations of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). To this point, every federal district court that has decided the issue has also ruled no private right of action exists. No other federal circuit court has decided…