Andy Priestley of DWebware tagged me some time ago for the "Get to Know Your Author" meme. It has taken me a while to get to it but here we go.
The rules of “tag” are simple:
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
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
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
This Wednesday morning (Jan. 16th) I will speak at the IowaBiz breakfast series on the How To Avoid Legal Surprises for Your Company. The presentation begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Professional Solutions Insurance Services’ Building, 14001 University Avenue, Clive, Iowa.
Thanks to our hosts from Professional Solutions Insurance Services. So far, the series has been
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
Iowans turned out in record numbers for the caucus! My precinct almost doubled the turnout from 2004. The energy was infectious and everyone could feel something special was happening.
Congratulations to the winning candidates but the real winners are Iowans.
Today is the day. The Iowa caucus is finally here. I saw this report fromYahoo that approximately 2.75 million Iowans won’t caucus today. That means only approximately 10 percent (or less) of Iowans are expected to caucus. Let’s hope we blow that figure away.
I was a little surprised when one of my friends
Tomorrow is the Iowa caucus. As my friend Michael Libbie pointed out in a recent comment on this blog, we are so lucky here in Iowa. We get to meet the candidates, ask questions and receive hundreds and hundreds of phone calls. (Well, two out of three isn’t bad).
Caucus locations and information for Democrats can be found
