Court: Iowa Farmers Who Host Tours Can Be Liable February 19, 2013 By Ryan J. Foley Farmers who host educational tours for the public are not shielded from personal injury lawsuits under a law meant to...
Iowa Judge: Texas Firm Must Pay Disabled Workers $1.4M September 20, 2012 By Ryan J. Foley A Texas company that profited for decades by supplying mentally disabled workers to an Iowa turkey plant at wages of...
US Bank: Lawsuit in Iowa Fraud Scandal ‘Without Merit’ September 19, 2012 By Ryan J. Foley US Bank is rejecting allegations in a lawsuit that claims one of its employees helped Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russ...
Feds Appeal Ruling That Would Free Peregrine CEO September 18, 2012 By Ryan J. Foley Federal prosecutors have appealed a judge’s order that would free a disgraced U.S. businessman while he awaits sentencing for a...
Prosecutor: CEO in Iowa Fraud Case Admits to Fraud September 13, 2012 By Ryan J. Foley The founder of an Iowa brokerage has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in which he admits to carrying...
Iowa Brokerage Founder Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud August 20, 2012 By Ryan J. Foley The founder of an Iowa-based brokerage pleaded not guilty on Aug. 17 to fraud charges in a suspected $200 million...
Officials Tracking Down Assets of Disgraced Iowa CEO July 20, 2012 By Ryan J. Foley Officials are moving quickly to seize the wide-ranging personal assets of the disgraced founder of an Iowa brokerage so they...
Iowa to Pay $3.75M for Boy’s Injuries July 6, 2012 By Ryan J. Foley Iowa has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed negligence by University of Iowa hospital employees...
Trucker Harassment Class-Action Suit Backfires April 5, 2012 By Ryan J. Foley They were learning to become truck drivers but wound up in a nightmare. In detailed accounts to a federal agency,...
Lawsuit Filed in Iowa Over Tainted Sprouts February 24, 2012 By Ryan J. Foley An Iowa woman sickened by eating tainted sprouts filed a lawsuit against sandwich chain Jimmy John’s, the first stemming from...