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Unifying GDPR With US Laws Compliance

Matt McKinney was a guest speakers on an international podcast - Data Security and Privacy with the Privacy Professor Rebecca Herold. The podcast was on "Unifying GDPR With US Laws Compliance." Organizations are struggling to meet compliance with GDPR, US regulations and laws and all the other worldwide data protection legal requirements. There is... Read More

Assistance Animals and Fair Housing

The Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) prevent discrimination in housing against tenants due to a disability. Even if a lease says “no pets” or restricts the breed, size or weight of pets, Landlords are required to make a “reasonable accommodation” to allow assistance animals, including those that... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America® "Lawyers of the Year" for 2019

The Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named five BrownWinick attorneys as Best Lawyers "Lawyers of the Year" for 2019. Marc T Beltrame has been named Best Lawyers’ 2019 Des Moines Government Relations "Lawyer of the Year." Michael R. Blaser has been named Best Lawyers’ 2019... Read More

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers® List

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that 27 lawyers have been included in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the... Read More

Horizontal Property Regime

Developing a condominium building in Iowa comes with its own set of legal requirements and common concerns a person needs to be aware. A condominium project is called a “Horizontal Property Regime” and is governed by Iowa Code chapter 499B. This chapter sets forth the applicable law governing a condominium project, and the most important... Read More

Marijuana is Coming (even to Iowa)

As marijuana continues to trend toward the mainstream, states are adopting and reaping the benefits of legalizing the leaf. The marijuana market was valued at nearly $9 billion last year (2017) and is expected to quintuple, rolling up to $50 billion by 2026. 31 states plus the District of Columbia (D.C.) have legalized marijuana in some form,... Read More

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