In 2012, the crime coined “agricultural production facility fraud” was created by the Iowa Legislature. Creation was prompted by Iowa’s seat in the national spotlight resulting from undercover investigations of industrial farms which revealed treatment of animals that shocked most viewers. Then Governor Terry Brandstad signed the bill into law on March 2, 2012. The
WHO’S THE BOSS? GET TO KNOW SAMANTHA FARMER What’s the secret for earning a stratospheric score on the Uniform Bar Exam? Get a dog. That decision worked out well anyway for Samantha Farmer, who adopted her American Bulldog mix, Boss, from Furry Friends Refuge one month into law school at Drake University. “A lot
Employer-mandated biometric screening is an emerging area of the law that is increasingly controversial. Two recent opinions are shaping how employers collect this data and what they do with it. Employers’ use of biometric data has been increasing in recent years as employers seek creative new ways to counteract ballooning health care costs by motivating
The Ex-CEOs of two category-leading, but poorly performing, national brands escalated their battles this week with a host of new allegations that forced onlookers to determine whether personal issues or financial performance were to blame. On Tuesday morning, Demos Parneros, the recently ousted CEO of Barnes & Noble filed suit in the Manhattan Federal Court
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW Creating an employee handbook can seem like a daunting task for an employer. Some employers have few, if any, written policies in place when they begin the process. Others may have adopted individual written policies in the past with little, if any, consideration given to how the policies can or should fit together
NEW YORK (Reuters) – General Mills Inc has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit claiming the company failed to warn consumers about traces of the weedkiller glyphosate in its Cheerios cereals. A Florida woman in her Thursday lawsuit in Miami federal court said she never would have purchased the company’s Cheerios and Honey
