Category Government & Regulatory

BrownWinick Attorneys Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® List

BrownWinick is pleased to announce that 33 lawyers have been included in the 2023 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.  BrownWinick would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 2023 The Best Lawyers... Read More

Gov. Reynolds Deputy Chief of Staff Joins BrownWinick

  BrownWinick Law is pleased to announce the addition of attorney Paige Thorson as a member to the firm. Thorson compliments the firm’s established government relations, insurance, health care, and energy and natural resources practices. Prior to joining BrownWinick, Thorson served as deputy chief of staff to Gov. Kim Reynolds where she oversaw... Read More

Revenue Estimating Conference Summary - May 29, 2020

  The REC (a three member panel comprised of Dave Roederer, Holly Lyons, and David Underwood) met yesterday afternoon (5/29/20) at the request of legislative leadership and Governor Reynolds to reconsider the REC’s March 2020 revenue estimate given the impact of COVID-19 on state revenues.  A short summary of the information discussed during the... Read More

Governor Reynolds Announces New Programs to Help Small Businesses

  Governor Reynolds announced today, March 23, 2020, a total of $4 million available through two new programs to help Iowa Small Businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this afternoon’s press conference, Governor Reynolds and Iowa Economic Development Authority Director, Debi Durham, outlined two entirely new programs: Small Business... Read More

Sports Betting is Almost Here in Iowa - Here's What We Know

Article written by BrownWinick 2019 Summer Associate, William "Billy" Daniel, and BrownWinick attorney, Matt McKinney Governor Kim Reynolds signed SF 617 into law on May 13, allowing Iowa’s casinos to offer legal sports betting. This legislation was made possible by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Murphy v. NCAA in May 2018 when... Read More

A New Definition Under the Federal Freedom of Information Act

Article written by BrownWinick 2019 Summer Associate, Mariah Kauder, and BrownWinick attorney, James White What qualifies as confidential? These days it might seem as if very little information truly remains private. However, when it comes to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling has actually expanded the... Read More