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BrownWinick Attorney Chris Proskey Selected as a Member of the West Des Moines Leadership Academy 2018-2019 Class

Chris Proskey, an Intellectual Property attorney at BrownWinick, was selected to the West Des Moines Leadership Academy Class of 2018-2019. Community leaders from a variety of industries and backgrounds were selected for inclusion in the Academy. The West Des Moines Leadership Academy is an intensive, regionally-oriented leadership development... Read More

Sales Tax Reform - What It Means To You

On June 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., making physical presence no longer necessary for online retailers to be responsible for collecting and remitting sales tax on their taxable sales. In reviewing the constitutionality of law recently enacted by the South Dakota legislature, the opinion... Read More

Gacke Lives

The Iowa Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion this morning reversing a Wapello County ruling that Iowa Code Section 657.11(2) was unconstitutional as applied to plaintiffs in a swine nuisance case. The result being that for a court to determine that Iowa Code Section 657.11(2) is unconstitutional in its application to a specific plaintiff, a... Read More

BrownWinick Holds First Annual Day of Community Giving

BrownWinick held its first Day of Community Giving on Friday, June 8, 2018. The firm supported five service projects throughout the community including: Animal Rescue League of Iowa Habitat for Humanity – Habitat ReStore Habitat for Humanity – Rock the Block Salisbury House & Gardens Valley View Village Groups of attorneys and staff went to each... Read More

GDPR is Here-Is Your Business Ready?

When you think of Black Friday, you may cringe about stampeding customers seeking bargains the day after Thanksgiving. However, Friday, May 25, 2018 brings an entirely different source of dread for businesses: compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). You are not alone if your business is not ready for GDPR, as a recent... Read More

BrownWinick Welcomes 2018 Summer Associates

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that Amy Howells, Tess Pocock, William “Billy” Daniel, Lucy Korsakov, and Ryan Shellady are participating in the firm's 2018 Summer Associates Program. Amy is currently attending Drake University Law School, finishing her Masters of Public Health in 2019, and is a 2008 graduate of the University of Iowa (B.A.,... Read More