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Announcing Legal Office Hours for Entrepreneurs & Startups at Gravitate Coworking Downtown

Posted on 11/12/2019 at 05:06 PM by The Newsroom

Starting Nov. 19th from 1-3 p.m., Attorneys from the Dickinson Law Startup Group will be holding office hours on a quart...

Categories: Start-Up Group, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Iowa Start-Up Group, Entrepreneurs

Help! My Data Is Held for Ransom!

Posted on 11/12/2019 at 11:20 AM by John Lande

What do you do at 4:30 p.m. on Friday when your data is encrypted and a message tells you it will take 500 Bitcoin to de...

Categories: Cybersecurity Law

Tagged As: cyber attack, malware, ransom insurance, ransomeware, computer backup

DOL’s "Fluctuating Workweek" Method of Pay Explained - Part 2

Posted on 11/11/2019 at 01:54 PM by Mike Staebell

Our previous Wage and Hour Watch post summarized DOL’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the FLSA fluctuatin...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: 2011 "clean-up regulations", DOL Wage and Hour Division, non-exempt employees , Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NRPM)

DOL Proposes New FLSA Rule on the “Fluctuating Workweek” Method of Paying Non-Exempt Salaried Employees - Part 1

Posted on 11/08/2019 at 04:41 PM by Mike Staebell

On November 5, USDOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued a press release with the enticing title, “U.S. Departme...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: 2011 "clean-up regulations", DOL Wage and Hour Division, non-exempt employees , Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NRPM)

Iowa Department of Revenue: Spinning Classes Subject to Sales Tax, but Not Pilates.

Posted on 11/05/2019 at 03:50 PM by Cody Edwards

In the latest head scratcher, through a pair of Declaratory Orders (“DO”) issued within eight months of each...

Categories: Business Law, Cody Edwards, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Iowa Department of Revenue, Iowa sales tax, Pilates Classes, sales tax, Spinning Classes

Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen ranked in 2020 "Best Law Firms"

Posted on 11/01/2019 at 09:45 AM by The Newsroom

Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen has been ranked in the 2020 U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Fir...

Categories: Dickinson Law News

Tagged As: 2020 "Best Law Firms", 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News & World Report's Best Law Firms Rankings 2020

Helping Those in Need: Food Bank of Iowa Donation

Posted on 10/22/2019 at 11:55 AM by The Newsroom

Did you know that 31.7% of Central Iowans struggle to earn enough to cover their basic needs? To help alleviate hunger i...

Categories: Dickinson Cares, Dickinson Law News

Tagged As: Dickinson Cares

Dickinson Attorneys to Present at Bloethe Tax School CLE

Posted on 10/22/2019 at 10:02 AM by The Newsroom

Attorneys David Repp, Ron Mountsier, and Cody Edwards will be presenting sessions at the Bloethe Tax School CLE for Iowa...

Categories: Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Bloethe Tax School CLE, Iowa State Bar Association Tax Section, Tax Professionals

Cyber-Insurance Does Not Cover What You Think

Posted on 10/21/2019 at 11:28 AM by John Lande

Organizations need to be careful when purchasing “cyber-insurance,” because the coverage may not be as broad...

Categories: Banking Law, Cybersecurity Law

Tagged As: computer fraud insurance, cyber insurance, cyber insurance coverage, cyberattacks, cybersecurity law, cybersecurity law firms, forgery, funds-transfer fraud insurance , ransom insurance, Sanderina, LLC v. GreatAmerican Insurance Company, social engineering fraud

District Court Blesses “Flow-Through” Charitable Status in Property Tax Exemption; Grants Exemption

Posted on 10/18/2019 at 03:15 PM by Cody Edwards

On September 11, 2019, the District Court for Linn County determined that an Iowa nonprofit corporation, which is wholly...

Categories: Cody Edwards, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Dickinson Law, Iowa Code, Iowa Table SALT , nonprofit corporations, SALT Law Des Moines Iowa, Tax Law Des Moines Iowa

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