By : J.D. Hartung NIL knows no boundaries . . . yet! The NCAA’s “acceptance” of the reality that student-athletes must be allowed to make money from their own NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) has created a huge “gray area” when it comes to what is or is not permissible. The NCAA’s initial “Interim NIL
By : J.D. Hartung NCAA v. Alston On June 21, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued the long-awaited opinion for NCAA v. Alston. After months of anticipation, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision that affirmed the Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court’s rulings that held the NCAA rules limiting the amount of
By : J.D. Hartung In Iowa, child support is calculated pursuant to the Iowa Supreme Court’s Child Support Guidelines which can be found here. The stated purpose of the Guidelines is to: “provide for the best interests of the children by recognizing the duty of both parents to provide adequate support for their children in
By : J.D. Hartung 2020 was hard. But what can we learn from it? Family first . . . Health and Human Life are fragile . . . Don’t take the “little things” for granted . . . Just because we read it on-line doesn’t make it true . . . The mind is a
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
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
