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Prescription Medications: A “Catch-22”
Frank B. Harty, February 13, 2012
In the wake of the Loren Bishop trial in the Polk County District Court, the public is acutely aware of the risks posed by operating machinery while under the influence of pain killers. Common sense dictates that any medication that carries with it a warning that it “may cause...

NLRB Invalidates Class Waiver Agreements
Thomas M. Cunningham, January 23, 2012
One of the take-away lessons of 2011 is that the non-unionized employer who ignores the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) does so at its peril. The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has targeted the non-unionized workplace for the vindication of employees’...

Religious Employers Shout “Hosanna!” in Response to Supreme Court’s Recognition of Ministerial Exception
Frank B. Harty, January 23, 2012
Both the Federal and Iowa constitutions contain prohibitions on the legislature making any law regarding the “establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Federal and state courts consistently have interpreted both of these clauses to prohibit the government...