Publications

The Nebraska Legislature will hear and debate dozens of bills impacting environmental permitting, funding for water projects, cannabis, and drainage law. The Second Regular Session of the 107th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 5, 2022. It will conclude on April 20, 2022. The Legislature introduced bills through January 20, 2022.  […]

The Second Regular Session of the 107th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 5, 2022. It will conclude on April 20, 2022. The Legislature introduced bills through January 20, 2022. Below are summaries of the introduced bills that relate to agricultural, energy, environmental, and natural-resources law. Please contact Vanesa Silke, a […]

In 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., a case involving allegations of infringement by Google of Oracle’s copyrights in its Java APIs, that Google’s use of the Java code constituted fair use.  In applying the fair use doctrine and skirting the issue of copyrightability, […]

Florida Florida Senate Bill 1864 (the Florida Privacy Protection Act) introduces a number of requirements on companies that control personal information of Florida residents, including notice at or before the collection of personal information, consent requirements related to the collection of sensitive data, and requirements for responding to verified consumer […]

Plaintiffs filed a class-action suit against Morgan Stanley because sensitive client data was discovered on IT assets, which had been decommissioned and sold by Morgan Stanley.  The suit recently settled, and the resulting agreement provides insight into the data security incident, potential legal liability, and possible preventions for such issues […]