July 16, 2010
Attorney Mark Hedberg was featured in an article on the legal news website Law360. The article reviewed a recent Iowa Court of Appeals decision where attorneys Ben Humphrey and Mark Hedberg successfully argued that labor arbitrators have the power to subpoena company documents that relate to union grievances, even if the company possessing the documents is not a party to the arbitration proceeding.
May 5, 2010
Attorney Mark Hedberg was quoted on labor and employment law issues in a Des Moines Register article. The article discussed grievance procedures and collective bargaining in the public sector.
March 21, 2010
Attorney Nate Boulton was featured in Simpson College's Spring Issue of "Simpson The Magazine" for his role as an adjunct professor in the Evening, Weekend & Graduate program. This fall, Nate will teach a newly designed course on sports law at Simpson College.
March 8, 2010
Attorney Mark Hedberg was quoted in a Des Moines Register article concerning the duties held by labor unions in handling employee grievances.
March 4, 2010
Attorney Nate Boulton, who also serves as a part-time college professor at William Penn University, has been elected vice chair of the faculty advisory committee for the College for Working Adults. He also serves as chair of the school's faculty development committee.
February 17, 2010
Attorney Ben Humphrey testified at a hearing in the Iowa House on a bill concerning the reimbursement of union expenses incurred in the representation of employees who do not pay union dues.
November 4, 2009
Attorney Nate Boulton was elected to the Board of Governors of the Iowa Association for Justice (formerly the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association).
July 1, 2009
Hedberg Law Firm, P.C. is now Hedberg & Boulton, P.C. Attorney Nate Boulton is now an officially named partner with the firm.
June 12, 2009
The firm has completed an recent office expansion project, including the addition of a conference room and new office spaces for attorneys and staff.
May 1, 2009
Ben Humphrey, who has served as a law clerk for the firm for the past year, is now an associate attorney with the firm. Ben graduated from Drake Law School with Honors and will serve in a general practice capacity, handling cases in employment, workers' compensation, personal injury, and labor law.
March 27, 2009
Attorney Art Hedberg resigned his position on the Iowa Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee after a long history serving as a member and past president of that organization. Attorney Nate Boulton was nominated and elected to replace him on the committee.
March 26, 2009
Attorney Nate Boulton participated in a televised forum on labor and employment law issues at Drake University. The panel of four experts discussed various legislative proposals relating to employment law and labor law in Iowa. The forum was hosted by IowaPolitics.com.
September 16, 2008
Attorney Nate Boulton had an essay on the need for better protection of injured workers under Iowa's workers' compensation laws published in the Des Moines Register.
Des Moines Register: Iowa View: Workers' compensation hardly favors employees, 9/16/2008