An Iowa man who worked with Catfish Bend Casinos in Burlington was fired for posting a Dilbert 
cartoon on the office bulletin board. Apparently the boss didn’t appreciate the comparison to a drunken lemur.
Dilbert creater, Scott Adams, offers this advice:
If you intend to mock your boss with Dilbert comics, the trick is in
Abe Lincoln, Freedom Fighter (1978)
Abe: I don’t know about this politician business.
Judge: What do you mean by that?
Abe: If I have to sacrifice my integrity for politics, I guess I’ll just have to stay a lawyer!
Up to this point I have avoided blogging on politics and the Iowa caucus. It’s
The New York Knicks sexual harassment case provides some great lessons on employment law. Previously I touched on the Knicks case in explaining how companies could avoid sexual harassment claims. Now the case has been settled and there are additional lessons to learn.
Frank Steinberg of the New Jersey Employment Law Blog explains the
There’s no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting. David Letterman.
Joe Kristan shows he is really in the holiday spirit over on the Roth & Company Tax Update blog when he followed up on tax professor James Maule’s post that every profession has its good and bad. I know a
Over on the Iowa Law Blog . . . a helpful pointer on how to avoid the business divorce.
The Mitchell Report was released on December 13, 2007. For baseball, it’s just another black mark on an era now known as the "Steriod Era".
But what was accomplished by the report? Did we really need the report to determine steriod use was (and apparently still is) widespread in major league baseball?
The report outed many of the big
I am attending the Iowa State Bar Association’s eCommerce seminar tomorrow. The man formerly known as the sixth best law blogger in the world is one of the presenters. I am looking forward to Brett’s talk as he shares his Vegas Blogworld speech with the audience.
It got me thinking a little bit about how to improve
Iowa accountant Joe Kristan of Roth and Company shares some year-end tax planning ideas over on IowaBiz.com.
It’s a good idea to visit your accountant now (if you haven’t already) to determine if there is anything you can do to improve your position come April.
Iowa has never been the hot bed for franchisors but it seems as though some Iowa franchisors are really picking up steam. According to the Des Moines Register this morning Chocolaterie Stam stores have expanded to Ames, Chapel Hill N.C., and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Upcoming stores including Minneapolis and Steamboat Springs (that would be my personal
Looking back on the first year of work at the Business Innovation Zone (BIZ), I have met with over 60 potential clients ranging across a wide variety of business areas. I have learned much on this path. First and foremost, I have learned to never prejudge an idea. I must say that some of the
