Mt. Lemmon Fire Dist. v. Guido, 2018 WL 5794639
November 8, 2018
Subject matter: Application of 20-employee minimum for ADEA coverage to states or political subdivisions.
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Update
October 23, 2018
With the passing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on December 22, 2017, there are several significant changes to the way individuals will compute their individual income tax beginning in 2018. Although the actual impact the Act will have on each individual income tax return may be different, the following provides a general summary of the most significant changes made by the Act.
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Tech Companies Responsible for HIPAA Compliance? You Bet.
October 8, 2018
It is an exciting time for technology businesses considering or already providing services in the health care space. While technology is driving the growth of big data in health care, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is taking steps to ensure the security and privacy of patient medical records, also known as protected health information (PHI).
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Mormann v. Iowa Workforce Development
July 20, 2018
The equitable tolling doctrines of the discovery rule and equitable estoppel are available with respect to the 300-day filing limitation in the ICRA.
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Ackerman v. State
July 20, 2018
The tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy is not categorically reserved for at-will employees and is available to contract employees.
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Shuttleworth attorneys provide Monroe Place with legal solutions amid changing historic tax credit laws
June 29, 2018
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll Attorneys Marty Stoll, Jonathan Landon, and Joseph Miller played an integral role as the legal team behind Monroe Place, a project by the Affordable Housing Network, Inc. (AHNI), a Cedar Rapids-based non-profit. Monroe Place is the outcome of AHNI's work to convert the vacant Monroe Elementary School into living space to support its mission of creating safe and sustainable affordable housing. The former school, located on the southeast side of Cedar Rapids, was built in 1961 and closed in 2012 due to declining enrollment.
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Brewer-Strong v. HNI Corporation
June 18, 2018
Employer's right to control medical care after initially denying liability for workers' compensation claim and standard for reimbursement of, and healing period benefits following, employee's receipt of unauthorized care.
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Bandstra v. Covenant Reformed Church
June 12, 2018
Tort liability of church related to response to allegations of sexual abuse by pastor under Establishment and Free Exercise clauses, including qualified privilege for allegedly defamatory statements made by church elders.
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TSB Holdings, LLC v. Board of Adjustment for Iowa City, & TSB Holdings, LLC v. City of Iowa City
June 11, 2018
Statute of limitations under Iowa Code § 614.1(6) for challenge to actions related to 1987 court ordered injunction.
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Jahnke v. Deere & Co., et al.
May 21, 2018
The Iowa Civil Rights Act's extraterritorial application and whether it applies to a United States citizen working abroad.
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Failure of Joint Inventors to Agree Leaves Both in the Dog House
May 16, 2018
Disputes between business partners are a regular occurrence. At Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, we advise our clients to have a direct conversation with their partners about equity, responsibilities, and decision-making authority before investing capital and labor in an idea.
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Banwart v. 50th Street Sports, L.L.C. d/b/a Draught House 50
April 18, 2018
Under Iowa Code § 123.92(1)(a), a plaintiff must demonstrate that a defendant licensee or permittee, sold and served alcohol to an allegedly intoxicated person (AIP) when it knew or should have known that the AIP was intoxicated or would become intoxicated, and that the AIP's intoxication proximately caused the plaintiff's injury. Here, the Iowa Supreme Court found that where an AIP consumed three beers in the span of four hours at a licensee's establishment, evidence of subsequent intoxication alone creates an inference that the bar sold and served beer to the AIP when it knew or should have known she was or would become intoxicated.
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