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Legal Issues
Attorneys Leading the Way
25Oct
- Iowa Department of Revenue Formally Publishes Amended WET Tax Rules for Landlords
- As discussed in previous posts (see direct links below), Iowa's new Water Excise Tax (WET) took effect on July 1, 2018. Since that time, the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDOR) has released two sets of proposed revised rules. On October 24, 2018, the IDOR formally published its Amended Rules. These published rules are consistent with the proposed revised rules that the IDOR released earlier this fall. more
- Bill Hanigan Presents Oral Arguments Before the Iowa Supreme Court
- Advising Elderly and Potentially Impaired Farmland Owners
- Farmland Inheritance: Intentional Interference Judgement Upheld in Court

Legal Issues
Attorneys Leading the Way
12Nov
- Davis Brown Hosts Visiting Kazakhstani Judges and Attorneys
- Davis Brown hosted five visiting Kazakhstani judges and attorneys on Monday, October 22. Elizabeth Van Arkel, Iowa International Center board member, gathered her colleagues to discuss the judicial system, mentoring, alternative dispute resolution, criminal practice, and litigation with the Kazakhstanis. more
- Davis Brown Hosts University of Iowa Legal Clinic Student Attorneys
- Deborah Tharnish Awarded Iowa State University Alumni Medal
- Lori Chesser Presents at Corporate Counsel and Trade Regulation Seminar

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Publications & Webinars
2Nov
- Dollars and Absentee Ballots
- With less than one week until the election, leaders are making their final bets and candidates are giving it all they have left in their tank. Campaigns are in the final push to mobilize voters and everyone is hoping for maximum turnout of their voters on election day. Our last two blog posts focused on data points that provide indications of election outcomes. Today, we track two more metrics of vital importance to campaigns: Money & Turnout more
- Do Media Buys and Registration Numbers Tell the Tale of the Election?
- Early Voting Has Begun
- Tim Coonan Moderates Forum with Congressional Candidate Cindy Axne

News
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Publications & Webinars
14Feb
- Open Internet: Dead or Alive?
- John Pietila presented this webinar on the subject of Net Neutrality or Open Internet to the Iowa Communications Alliance in February 2017. more
- Corporate Governance for Commercial Telcos
- Wage and Hour Issues Presentation Before NTCA and NCMIC
- Wage and Hour Issues