Publications

In November 2016, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service at long last published the revised version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. While employers were allowed to continue using the current Form I-9 (revision date of 03/08/2013) through January 21, 2017, on January 22, 2017, all employers must use […]

The Auditor of Public Accounts (“Auditor”) recently audited a number of Tax Increment Financing (“TIF”) projects and issued this report. The Auditor concluded a number of municipalities violated the Community Development Law (the “Act”) that authorizes TIF. TIF allows municipalities to use property taxes from the improvement of blighted and […]

The 2016 Legislature adopted LR 455, which created a special committee to begin to formulate a plan to address climate change on Nebraska. The committee issued its final report on December 28, 2016. The committee’s recommendations include: • authorizing a planning committee to create a data-driven climate action plan; • […]

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., 136 S. Ct. 1807 (2016). The U.S. Supreme Court held an “Approved Jurisdictional Determination” (“AJD”) is a “final agency action” because it is a definitive statement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) as to its jurisdiction over a property, and […]

It’s déjà vu all over again. For the third time in as many years, Congress passed an enforcement moratorium on physician supervision requirements for critical access and small rural hospitals. Section 16004 of the 21st Century Cures Act—signed by outgoing President Barack Obama on December 13, 2016—extends the Centers for […]