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BrownWinick Attorneys Featured In 2013 Super Lawyers Business Edition

Six BrownWinick attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2013 Super Lawyers Business Edition publication listing: • Brian Pingel - Intellectual Property • Ronni F. Begleiter - Employee Benefits/ERISA • Michael A. Dee - Business Litigation • Alice Helle - Employee Benefits/ERISA • Ann Holden Kendell - Employment & Labor • Brian P. Rickert -... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2014

BrownWinick is proud to announce that 18 attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2014 (copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC), the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. The lawyers included are: Ronni F. Begleiter (Employee Benefits (ERISA)... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America "Lawyers of the Year" for 2014

Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named four BrownWinick attorneys as Best Lawyers "Lawyers of the Year" for 2014. Ronni F. Begleiter has been named Best Lawyers’ 2014 Des Moines Trusts and Estates "Lawyer of the Year." G. Brian Pingel has been named Best Lawyers’ 2014 Des Moines... Read More

Estate Planning Law Changes

Early this year, Congress passed the 2012 American Taxpayer Relief Act (the "2012 Act") in response to the "fiscal cliff." Among other items, the 2012 Act addressed the expiration of certain favorable federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer ("GST") tax rules. The purpose of this article is to provide a summary of the new estate,... Read More

BrownWinick Law Firm and Six Attorneys Listed in Chambers USA® 2013 - America's Leading Lawyers for Business

BrownWinick has been ranked as a "leading law firm" in Chambers USA® 2013 - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the areas of Corporate/M&A, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial and Real Estate. Six attorneys from BrownWinick were selected for inclusion in Chambers USA® 2013 as "leaders in Iowa" in the following areas: Doug... Read More

Health Care Reform - Wellness Programs - Final Regulations

Last week, HHS, DOL and the IRS jointly issued final rules on "Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans." The final rules update existing HIPAA wellness rules, and are effective for plan years beginning after January 1, 2014. They apply to both grandfathered and non-grandfathered health plans. Note that compliance... Read More

BrownWinick Welcomes 2013 Summer Associates

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that Molly Driscoll and Margaret Hibbs are participating in the firm's 2013 Summer Associates Program. Molly is currently attending Drake University Law School and is a 2006 graduate of Loyola University of Chicago. Margaret is currently attending Drake University Law School and is a 2009 graduate of Luther... Read More

NLRB Union Poster Rule Struck Down

On May 7, 2013, the D.C. Circuit vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s ("NLRB") rule requiring employers to display posters regarding employees’ right to unionize, bargain and protest. The court found that the NLRB rule was unenforceable under federal labor law. The rule treated the failure to post as evidence of anti-union animus in cases... Read More