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In Iowa, the public sector has a significant impact on the state’s economy. The state has proposed to spend over $70 million in capital construction projects in fiscal year 2021, and millions more to obtain other types of goods and services on behalf of state agencies......By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

In early 2020, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that contractors who have a mechanics’ lien on a residential property cannot recover attorneys’ fees from the sale of the homestead. We explained in a prior blog about how that Supreme Court decision severely limited a contractor’s effective remedies under the mechanics’ lien statute......By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

Iowa driver’s licenses expire on the driver’s birthday, and are renewable for an eight-year period – unless, as I was reminded last year when I sought an upgrade to a “REAL ID,” you are “older.” Depending on your age at renewal, a license will not be...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

At the end of January the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule establishing the newest version of Form I-9 for employment eligibility verification. While two new countries were added to the online version of the form, the only...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

The headline of the article reads, “Cincinnati Reds Call Foul On Law Student's Age Bias Suit.” It seems that a former minor league baseball player, who is now a law student, has sued The Cincinnati Reds LLC in federal district court in North...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

On January 9, 2020, the Iowa Court of Appeals released two opinions – Dix v. Casey’s General Stores, Inc. and Woods v. Charles Gabus Ford, Inc. – dealing with Iowa’s private sector drug testing statute. Both cases were considered by the same panel of...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

On December 17*, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store. When issued, the opinion was 3 to 1, with Lauren McFerran dissenting. *Through the magic of technology, while the press...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

Prior to 2014, NLRB case law gave an employer the right to control its property. The NLRB tempered that right when an employer exercised it in a way that discriminated against activities protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act....By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

On December 13, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced changes to regulations implemented during the Obama administration that had significantly tilted the NLRB’s election procedures in favor of unions. The Obama rules were...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

I earlier wrote about how various contenders for the Democratic Party nomination for President were wooing organized labor, and how the campaign organizations needed to be mindful that they were themselves “employers” under various federal labor...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.