May 17, 2012. Attorney Jeana Goosmann attended the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation Board Meeting in Ames, IA. The Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation (CALT) at Iowa State University, created by the Iowa Board of Regents in 2006, provides timely, critically objective information to producers, professionals and agribusinesses concerning the application of important developments in agricultural law and taxation (federal and state legal opinions of relevance, as well as critical legislative developments), and is a primary source of professional educational training in agricultural law and taxation. The CALT board excited to promote the 2012 CALT Seminars.  For information and to register visit the CALT website.

Attorney Jeana Goosman, who represents Opportunities Unlimited in the case, says the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors approved a settlement agreement during its Tuesday meeting.

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Attorneys Jeana Goosmann, Emilee Boyle Gehling and Anthony Osborn were recently featured in the Sioux City Journal’s Business News section. Click here to read the full article.

The current edition of The Dispute Resolver contains useful information for preparing construction clients prior to mediation.  In addition, it provides updates in construction law, including recent case law in Louisiana holding that an arbitration award must be confirmed by a district court before the doctrine of res judicata may apply to bar a subsequent arbitration proceeding, and recent case law in Ohio addressing the role of the arbitrator in determining the legal effect of a settlement agreement entered into in conjunction with an arbitration.  The most recent edition of The Dispute Resolver can be found at the following link: The Dispute Resolver, April 2012.

Attorney Anthony Osborn is a member of the Publications Subcommittee for Division I of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry.  Division I focuses on dispute avoidance and resolution, including mediation, arbitration and trials.  As a member of Division I’s Publications Subcommittee, Anthony works in conjunction with other construction law attorneys to generate, edit and publish Division I’s newsletter, The Dispute Resolver.  Members of the Construction Forum represent all facets of the construction industry, including but not limited to owners, general contractors, design professionals, subcontractors, suppliers, construction managers, insurers and sureties.  The Construction Forum’s mission is to serve the construction industry through education and leadership.  The Goosmann Law Firm, located in Sioux City, Iowa, has attorneys licensed in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and California.

Attorney Anthony Osborn was recently appointed to the Iowa State Bar Association’s Construction Law Section Council.  Section appointments are for a three-year term appointed by the President-Elect of the State Bar Association.  The Construction Law Section of the State Bar Association is comprised of attorneys who have an interest in construction law and related areas.   Among other things, the Section monitors developments in the construction industry; informs members of actual or necessary legislative and regulatory changes in the construction arena; and conducts continuing professional education events.

Attorney Emilee Boyle Gehling has been appointed to serve on the Iowa State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section Council for the upcoming 2012-2013 fiscal year. Congratulations!

Attorney Anthony Osborn of the Goosmann Law Firm, PLC, attended the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry’s 2012 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Members of the Construction Forum represent all facets of the construction industry, including but not limited to owners, general contractors, design professionals, subcontractors, suppliers, construction managers, insurers and sureties.  The Construction Forum’s mission is to serve the construction industry through education and leadership

Attorneys Jeana Goosmann and Emilee Boyle Gehling of Goosmann Law Firm, PLC attended the American Bar Association Business Law Spring Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Among several other meetings, Goosmann and Gehling attended the Business & Corporate Litigation Meeting and the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee Meeting.  Both Attorneys are members of the American Bar Association Business Law Section.  The Section gives members unparalleled access to the latest developments in business law.

The current edition of The Dispute Resolver addresses a recent Illinois appellate court decision in which a general contractor was entitled to a defense as an “additional insured” under a subcontractor’s commercial general liability insurance policy.  There are a variety of insurance coverage issues which arise out of multi-party construction projects; this case emphasizes the importance of reviewing construction contracts for indemnity, insurance and other risk allocation provisions, as well as the importance of reviewing any insurance policies which could be applicable to claims stemming from a construction project.  In addition, this edition of The Dispute Resolver provides updates in construction law, including recent case law in Massachusetts finding a general contractor’s material breach of a subcontract constituted an unfair and/or deceptive act under state consumer protection laws.  The most recent edition of The Dispute Resolver can be found at the following link: The Dispute Resolver, March 2012.

Attorney Anthony Osborn is a member of the Publications Subcommittee for Division I of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry.  Division I focuses on dispute avoidance and resolution, including mediation, arbitration and trials.  As a member of Division I’s Publications Subcommittee, Anthony works in conjunction with other construction law attorneys to generate, edit and publish Division I’s newsletter, The Dispute Resolver.  Members of the Construction Forum represent all facets of the construction industry, including but not limited to owners, general contractors, design professionals, subcontractors, suppliers, construction managers, insurers and sureties.  The Construction Forum’s mission is to serve the construction industry through education and leadership.  The Goosmann Law Firm, located in Sioux City, Iowa, has attorneys licensed in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and California.

“Overcome with a rare and gargantuan sense of awe,” Judge Mark W. Bennett, a federal district court judge in Sioux City, Iowa, has called a consolidated class action case arising from price fixing conspiracies in the concrete industry “a model for the nation.” Judge Bennett said that in his 36-plus-year legal career, he had never been more proud of his profession than when he observed the attorneys’ work in the case. Jeana Goosmann of Goosmann Law Firm is one of the attorneys on the case.

Iowa Ready-Mix Concrete Antitrust Litigation was brought on behalf of purchasers of ready-mix concrete against ready-mix concrete producers and sellers and certain of their officers, directors, owners, and employees who have pleaded guilty to conspiring to fix prices for ready-mix concrete in the Iowa region. The class period covered January 2006, through at least April 26, 2010. Three settlement agreements, totaling $18.5 million, were approved on November 1, 2011.

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