Publications

The Nebraska Department of Revenue issued guidance in June on the property tax “preference” available for qualifying historic property in the Valuation Incentive Program (“VIP”).  The preference is a temporary hold on increases in tax valuations that result from rehabilitating historic property.  The hold lasts for eight years.  After the […]

The Nebraska Legislature passed Legislative Bill 217, which amended the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Act (Nebraska Revised Statutes sections 77-2501 to 77-2507).  The amendments take effect on August 24, 2017. The Act provides affordable housing tax credits to accelerate the development of low-income and workforce housing (Laws 2016, LB 884). […]

Omaha’s City Council recently passed Nebraska’s first Property Assessed Clean Energy Act (“PACE”) ordinance.  The ordinance will allow commercial property owners to finance energy-efficiency and water-conservation improvements through special assessments.  Omaha City Council member Aimee Melton led this effort. To qualify for PACE financing, a property owner must file with […]

DOJ Settlement with eClinicalWorks In May 2017, Electronic Health Record (“EHR”) vendor eClinicalWorks settled allegations of False Claims Act and anti-kickback statute violations with the United States Department of Justice for $155 million. The government alleged that the company had misrepresented the capabilities of its software in order to be […]

Thomas Bingham, a real estate appraiser in the Tampa, Florida area, brought a qui tam action against BayCare Health System under the Federal False Claims Act alleging underlying violations of the Stark Law and anti-kickback statue arising out of two real estate transactions.  The case is initially interesting in that […]