Notice & Take Down Policy

You can submit a notice about content on this website that you believe is:

• Copyrighted material used without permission (photos, video, music, text, design).
• A trademark or logo used in a way that misleads people about affiliation.
• A photograph or video in which you appear and that you want removed.
• Inaccurate, defamatory, or privacy-invading information about you.
• Otherwise unlawful under applicable law.

Email Bar@iowacitybar.com with the subject line "Takedown Notice", or mail us at 118 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA 52240, Attn: Copyright Agent. Please include:

• Your name, mailing address, phone number, and email.
• The exact URL (and a description or screenshot) of the content at issue.
• What right you are asserting, and — for copyright — identification of the original work.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the rights holder, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorized to act for them.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

Photo removal requests are easier: just tell us which photo and confirm you are the person shown (or their parent or legal guardian). We do not require a formal legal notice for that.

• Acknowledgment — we aim to confirm receipt within 3 business days.
• Review — we assess the notice and, where a complete notice makes out a plausible claim, remove or disable access to the content promptly while we review.
• Outcome — we aim to give you a decision within 10 business days of a complete notice. Complex matters may take longer; we will say so if that happens.
• Record — we keep a record of notices and actions taken so we can handle repeat issues consistently.

We may decline a notice that is incomplete, plainly unfounded, or targets content we are legally entitled to publish. We will tell you why.

If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, send a counter-notice to Bar@iowacitybar.com with your contact information, identification of the removed material and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the removal was an error, your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or the Southern District of Iowa if you are outside the United States), and your signature. We may restore the material as permitted by law.

We terminate access for anyone who repeatedly submits infringing material to us. Submitting a knowingly false takedown notice can carry legal liability under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f); please do not use this process to remove content you simply dislike.

This policy covers this website. Content posted on our Instagram, Facebook, or third-party review platforms is governed by those platforms' own reporting tools, though you are welcome to email us and we will act on our own posts.