Publications

Harts et al. v. County of Knox, 308 Neb. 1 (2020). In 2003, landowner Bernadette Tramp granted to H & H Cattle Co. (the “Feedlot”) an “impact easement.”  The impact easement waived zoning restrictions that precluded the Feedlot from constructing a facility within a particular distance from Bernadette’s residence.  Thereafter, […]

Cybersecurity appears to possess the rare common ground between seemingly increasingly combative political parties.  On December 4, 2020 President Trump signed into law the “Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020” (“IOT-CIA”).  The act enjoyed bipartisan support to push the security of IOT devices through the power of the […]

COVID-19 and the resulting economic strains imposed by it required an unprecedented response by the U.S. government and federal banking agencies in order to get much needed emergency liquidity into the hands of small businesses. Unsurprisingly, to implement this response, the government turned to community banks, asking them to work […]

On Election Day, California voters approved the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CPRA”) through a ballot measure.  The CPRA amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which the California legislature passed in 2018, significantly broadening the control that California residents have over their personal information and imposing new […]

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”), signed into law by President Trump on December 27, 2020, extended the CDC eviction moratorium until January 31, 2021.  The “Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19” was originally implemented by the CDC on September 4, 2020, with an […]