Protecting Inventions Under The New First-To-File Patent System
By: Jason Sytsma On March 16, 2013, the United States switched to a first-to-file patent system. This represented a significant departure from the hallmark of the U.S. patent system of awarding patents...
View ArticleBusinesses beware: considering healthcare costs to weather an economic...
A review of Tramp v. Associated Underwriters, No. 13-2546 (8th Cir. Oct. 7, 2014). By: Dana L. Oxley As healthcare costs continue to rise, businesses naturally shop around for the best healthcare...
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Some CRP Payments not subject to self-employment tax: Eighth Circuit reverses...
By: Jonathan Landon The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently addressed whether Federal Conservation Reserve Program (“CRP”) payments made to non-farmers are subject to self-employment taxes. The...
View ArticleFive Things to Know About Expedited Civil Actions
By: Desirée Kilburg As of January 1, 2015, Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.281 has made a new Expedited Civil Action track available to streamline litigation for controversies involving monetary...
View ArticleIowa Supreme Court: sterilization procedure requires court approval
by: Nancy Penner In In re Guardianship of Kennedy, 845 N.W.2d 707 (Iowa 2014), the Iowa Supreme Court answered an important question about sterilization of an intellectually disabled individual who...
View ArticleFive Key Discovery Amendments to the Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure
By: Desirée Kilburg Recent amendments to the Iowa Civil Rules of Civil Procedure align discovery and pretrial procedures more closely with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and attempt to prevent...
View ArticleDHS v. CCI, 861 N.W.2d 868 (Iowa 2015)
By: Kerry Finley “. . . [M]any government objectives could be achieved more easily if the government were not required to honor private property rights.” – Justice Mansfield From 2004 through 2011,...
View ArticleWhen Failure to comply with a Municipal Housing Code Provision is the Cause...
By: Jared Adam* *Jared was a summer associate at Shuttleworth in 2015 and a student at the University of Iowa College of Law. In Winger v. CM Holdings, L.L.C., 2015 WL 2393447 (Iowa Ct. App.), the Iowa...
View ArticleIowa Supreme Court holds that immunity against liability in connection to...
By: Vince Geis* *Vince was a summer associate at Shuttleworth in 2015 and a student at the University of Iowa College of Law. In Nelson v. Lindaman, No. 13–0719, 2015 WL 1874605 (Iowa Apr. 24, 2015),...
View ArticleWhen Divorce Enters the Workplace
By: Kristen A. Shaffer QDRO, QMCSO, IWO Oh My! Divorce Orders Requiring Employer Action All employers, whether today or tomorrow, will encounter court orders requiring their action as a result of an...
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