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TouchPlay Dead
Yesterday a Polk County District Court judge rejected Plaintiffs’ request for an injunction in the TouchPlay lottery cases. A federal court judge previously ruled in a similar manner. The Plaintiffs had requested an injunction to lift the legislative ban of the machines which goes into effect today at 8:00 a.m. The court ruled…
Are You Motivated?
Yesterday I attended the Get Motivated Seminar in Des Moines. Here are some sample tidbits from the seminar. Most are common sense but as someone once said, "Common sense is not all that common."
Here are five cornerstones of success as told by Suzie Orman.
1) Think Great Thoughts – have a…
Outsource Your Legal Work to Iowa:
I have recently read several articles concerning the outsourcing of legal work to India and other countries. In fact, outsourcing is becoming popular for high level legal work including mergers and acquisitions. I have often wondered – why don’t companies outsource their legal work to Iowa? Relatively speaking we…
Talkin Baseball:
Let’s take time away from business and corporate law. Let’s talk baseball.
One of the bright spots in the major leagues this year is the play of Indianola, Iowa native Casey Blake for the Cleveland Indians. Casey is hitting over .400 and currently ranks in the top ten in batting average and on-base-percentage.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished:
When it comes to lawyers it appears that no good deed goes unpunished. After all, we are easy targets, right? Recently a Des Moines Register letter to the editor unfairly criticized some lawyers who had volunteered for junior high and high school mock trials. The letter said the lawyers made…
Flu Pandemic Planning for Business – Alert Guest Blogger: Mark Landa of Sullivan & Ward, P.C.
In a recent Boston Globe article highlighting the emphasis on corporations planning to meet the challenges to be posed by a flu outbreak, it was asked, "If a super-flu sweeps the globe, who will haul away the garbage? Keep…
Tips to Protect Your Business and Customers from Identity Theft
If your business maintains people’s information, you must protect that information from misuse. Here are some basic tips from the Better Business Bureau, National Cyber Alliance and Federal Trade Commission.
1. If you do not need the information, do not collect it. The more information…