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Avoiding Regret

By: Brad Schroeder We get calls regularly from people who have gotten themselves into a bind. Usually it’s through no particular fault of their own, and it’s simply a matter of circumstances. Sometimes, though, the clients who call us are doing so because they avoided picking up the phone at an earlier point in time,

Child Support Modifications in Iowa

By : Laura Lockwood I am often asked by clients how they can go about changing or modifying an existing child support order. If one thing is certain about a child support (particularly if entered when children are young), it is that the child support amount will likely need to be modified at some point

Who Can Legally Bind My Company?

By : Jon Garner Who can legally bind your company? Who can sign contracts on behalf of your company? These are questions that business owners all too often fail to consider, and in so doing, create unexpected or unwanted liabilities. Generally speaking, the owners, officers, directors and/or managers of a company have authority to bind

Hybrid Test Determines Employee or Independent Contractor Status under FMLA, ADA and ADEA

BY CHARLIE WITTMACK Executive Summary By their own terms, the FMLA, ADA and ADEA apply only to employees and not independent contractors. However, since these laws were enacted, there has been an ambiguity regarding the appropriate test to use when determining whether an individual has been properly classified by an employer as an employee or

San Francisco Soda Warnings Cases On Hold Pending Supreme Court Ruling

San Francisco soda warnings case on hold pending Supreme Court ruling STORY BY: Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal appeals court will hold off on deciding whether to block a San Francisco law mandating health warnings for soda and other sugary drinks until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a free speech case involving anti-abortion

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