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Sep
Using Surveillance to Aggressively Defend a Claim
Post-accident video surveillance, social media canvassing, medical record canvassing, and public record document searches are great ways to aggressively defend a claim. In general, surveillance of any sort can be used to better assess liability and exposure of a case. Whether for good or bad, defense attorneys can use information obtained from surveillance to form better litigation, settlement, and trial strategies. Surveillance is simply a continuation of the immediate post-accident investigation strategies to aggressively defend a case.
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Sellers Beware: Failure to Disclose Known Defects When Selling Real Estate Could Cost You
What Do You Do After a Slip and Fall?
Iowa Workers' Compensation Electronic Filing Changes: What Every Employer and Insurance Carrier Needs to Know
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12
Sep
Tara Hall Presents at Iowa Health Care Association Conference
Tara Hall, litigation attorney, recently presented "Collections - Lessons Learned" at the Iowa Health Care Association's Single Facility Conference.
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Abhay Nadipuram and YLD Launch Law School Debt and Diversity Initiative at American Bar Association Meeting
Davis Brown Employment Attorneys Lead FMLA Master Class
Lori Chesser Leads Buttoning Up: A Compliance Check-In Event for American Immigration Lawyers Association
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Sep
Davis Brown Welcomes Two Attorneys
Torii Millet and Nicole Krueger join Davis Brown as associate attorneys in the business division.
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42 Davis Brown Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020
Davis Brown Wills, Trusts & Probate Department Recognized in Chambers High Net Worth 2019 Global Guide
Twenty-Seven Davis Brown Attorneys Named to 2019 Great Plains Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
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Sep
HR Quick Takes: Sharing employee payroll information
Q: One of my employees is getting divorced and his spouse called asking for payroll and work schedule information. How do I respond?
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When A Click Doesn't Count As Arbitration Acceptance
HR Quick Takes: PTO donations
Is Obesity an ADA-Covered Disability? Courts in Conflict
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Feb
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.
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Corporate Governance for Commercial Telcos
Wage and Hour Issues Presentation Before NTCA and NCMIC
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