On March 14 the Iowa Civil Justice Task Force released recommendations for reforming the state’s civil justice system, including a recommendation to establish specialized “business courts.” Before Iowa can launch a business court system, however, two important issues must be addressed.

U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers® have released the 2011-2012 “Best Law Firms” rankings, and once again Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C. is well represented in the rankings for the Des Moines metropolitan area, having received Tier 1 rankings in 19 areas of law.

Twelve attorneys from Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C. were selected by their legal industry peers for inclusion in 15 areas of law in the recently-released 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

The Eighth Circuit recently clarified the duty banks owe to investors to disclose information regarding a bank’s involvement in an investment offering in Badger Capital, LLC v. Chambers Bank of North Arkansas.

The just released 2011 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business features 12 Dickinson attorneys, including Howard Hagen, who was the only Iowa attorney to be named a “Star Individual” in the area of Banking & Finance.