My friend and law partner Matt Gardner has an excellent summary on Sullivan & Ward’s Iowa Law Blog about the crushing blow handed down to home builders this past Friday by the Iowa Supreme Court.
The ruling holds builders responsible to subsequent owners for defective conditions. The old law was caveat emptor or "buyer beware".
Under a new Iowa immigration bill, employers that repeatedly employ illegal aliens would face civil penalties of up to $10,000 and up to a year in jail under legislation being proposed in the legislature. Employers would be exempt from penalties if they seek verification of a worker’s citizenship status through the Department of Homeland Security’s
Employee lawsuits are continually on the rise. So how do you keep your employees happy and stay out of court?
While it is technically not a "legal requirement" I have long suggested that treating employees with respect is the best way to avoid employee lawsuits. Building on this thought I recently saw a couple of
Read this post from Indiana lawyer Sam Hasler to find out why it is so important to respond promptly and appropriately to sexual harassment complaints.
In the case mentioned by Sam, Chili’s Grill and Bar escaped liability even though the employee established a prima facie case of harassment in her lawsuit.
Sam also has
I’ve said it before (and also here) but it bears repeating that wage and hour class actions are booming. Just this past week Iowa’s Casey’s General Stores was hit with a wage and hour lawsuit with allegedly more than $5 million at stake. If that isn’t enough to convince you to examine whether your company
This post from the New York Business Divorce Blog will make you think twice before becoming involved in a business with your romantic partner.
I recently wrote on the firm’s Iowa Law Blog that one way to avoid a volatile business divorce is to draft and enter into an effective buy-sell agreement with your partner(s)
Today I’ll be pinch hitting for Brett Trout at the Des Moines Partnership’s Biz Networking Luncheon. I will cover how to stop doing things online that will land you into court. The best part of this presentation is I get Brett’s material. I hope to see you there today.
This event will be held
The Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog posts on how Lockheed’s failure to take discrimination complaints seriously led to liability.
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Roger Clemens has sued his former trainer for defamation in an attempt to regain his Hall of Fame reputation. The WSJ Law Blog has a great story on the lawsuit.
The interesting question will be whether the trainer will file a counterclaim for defamation. Why not? McNamee now has to protect his reputation and Clemens
Iowa trial lawyer Joe Gunderson was featured this past week during the Iowa Caucus on the Wall Street Journal Law Blog. Joe had the following comments regarding what it’s like to have Iowa in the national spotlight:
It’s fabulous because we get a rejuvenated civics lesson every four years. Our newspapers for the past
