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Document(s) published by this organization: 21
Show: results per page Sort by:  | Supreme Court to Issue Birth-Certificate Decision Tomorrow
Ryan G. Koopmans; Nyemaster Goode, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2013, previously published on May 2, 2013 Tomorrow, the Iowa Supreme Court will decide whether the presumption of paternity-whereby the husband is presumed to be the father of his wife’s child, and therefore listed on the birth certificate-must apply to a same-sex spouse under the Iowa Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause....
| | How to Successfully Appeal Your 2013 Property Tax Assessment
Bruce W. Baker, K. Dwayne Vande Krol; Nyemaster Goode, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 15, 2013, previously published on April 9, 2013 Under Iowa law, all real property is subject to reassessment as of January 1 of each odd-numbered year. Accordingly, by April 15 of this year, city and county assessors throughout the state of Iowa will be notifying taxpayers of the assessed value of their real property for 2013. If you are a...
| | On Senator Harkin’s Pre-Retirement Bucket List: Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
Frances M. Haas; Nyemaster Goode, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2013, previously published on April 8, 2013 Earlier this year, Senator Harkin announced his intention to retire after the completion of his term in 2015. Harkin has wielded a great deal of influence over the enactment of a number of high-profile federal employment laws. This is largely due to his past membership, and now chairmanship, of the...
| | Employee’s Harassment Tweet Leads to Her Termination
Amanda M. Atherton; Nyemaster Goode, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2013, previously published on April 8, 2013 Late last month Adria Richards, an employee of technology company SendGrid, tweeted from the industry conference PyCon about inappropriate jokes she overheard from two developers sitting in the row behind her in an incident the Twitter community has dubbed #donglegate:
| | Facebook is Employer’s “Friend”
Amanda M. Atherton; Nyemaster Goode, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2013, previously published on April 1, 2013 In a case out of the Eastern District of Michigan last month, an employer successfully used information obtained via social media to defend itself against a former employee’s Family and Medical Leave Act claim. In Lineberry v. Richards, 2013 WL 438689 (E.D. Mich. 2013), the employee was a...
| | Anonymous Tips and Juvenile Sentencing: A Criminal End to the Iowa Supreme Court’s 2012-2013 Term
Nyemaster Goode P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 11, 2013 Before wrapping up its 2012-2013 oral argument calendar in April, the Iowa Supreme Court will hear two constitutional cases with potential national consequences.
| | Attorney General Miller Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Strike Down Prop 8 and DOMA
Nyemaster Goode P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 11, 2013, previously published on March 1, 2013 Yesterday, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the California “Prop 8" case about same-sex marriage. Attorney General Miller, and the attorneys general of 12 other states and the District of Columbia, argue that...
| | Eighth Circuit to Decide Whether Iowa’s Campaign-Finance Laws Survive Constitutional Scrutiny
Nyemaster Goode P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 Just in time for what is sure to be the craziest Iowa election cycle in a generation, Iowa’s campaign-finance laws are under the microscope in a court case that could alter the way corporations get involved in elections.
| | Eighth Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc to Settle Intra-Circuit Split
Nyemaster Goode P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 Today, the Eighth Circuit ordered rehearing en banc in United States v. Bruguier and United States v. Rouillard—two cases that were issued on the same day with opposite results.
| | Bury Me in Satin, Pretty Please
Nyemaster Goode P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 22, 2013 Today, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Iowa law does not allow a person to control the final disposition of her remains. In a split decision, the Court held that Iowa’s Final Disposition Act, Chapter 144C, provides a comprehensive and exclusive scheme for determining a person’s final...
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