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

By BrownWinick | 08.15.2013
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

SEC Adopts New Regulations Which Improve Access to the Capital Markets

By Joe Leo | 07.11.2013
On July 10, 2013, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted final regulations to implement a much anticipated provision of the 2012 JOBS Act. The JOBS Act, passed in April 2012, directed the SEC to allow general solicitation and general advertising in certain unregistered securities offerings. Allowing general... Read More

Estate Planning Law Changes

By BrownWinick | 07.09.2013
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

By BrownWinick | 07.03.2013
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

By BrownWinick | 06.10.2013
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

By BrownWinick | 05.28.2013
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

By BrownWinick | 05.07.2013
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

Employers Must Use New Form I-9

By BrownWinick | 05.07.2013
Beginning May 7, 2013, employers must use the revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Revision 03/08/13) for all new hires and reverifications. The new form can be found on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") website at www.uscis.gov under the forms tab. Please contact a BrownWinick Employment Attorney... Read More

Polk County District Court Reversed a Decision by the Iowa Utilities Board

By BrownWinick | 04.29.2013
On March 29, 2013, the Polk County District Court reversed a decision by the Iowa Utilities Board ("IUB") determining that a proposed "third-party" power purchase agreement for the sale by a solar energy developer to the owner of a city-owned building in Dubuque, Iowa, of electricity generated by a solar array constructed on the roof of the... Read More

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