Publications

Malone v. City of Omaha, 294 Neb. 516 (2016). In 2011, the City of Omaha enacted Ordinance No. 39090 (the “Ordinance”), requiring contractors working in Omaha to obtain a license. John J. Malone, Sr. sued the City in 2013, challenging the City’s authority to enact the Ordinance. The district court […]

1. Check out the OIG’s 2016 Mid-Year Work Plan update that lists items that have been completed , postponed or cancelled and adds new items that have been added to the Work Plan since October 2016. http://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/workplan/index.asp 2. Is the demise of provider based status coming? CMS and the OIG […]

Earlier this year, Nebraska’s Financial Data Protection and Consumer Notification of Data Security Breach Act of 2006 (the “Nebraska Act”) was amended. Specifically, the amendments require entities to notify the Nebraska Attorney General in the event of a data breach; expand the definition of “personal information;” and state that data […]

In response to the increasing demand for wind energy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the “Service”) and the Western Area Power Administration (“Western”) recently announced a streamlined environmental review process of wind projects in the Upper Great Plains Region (the “Region”). The Region includes Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North […]

In 2012, the Nebraska legislature amended the state statutes governing the sales tax exemption for health clinics to include clinics owned by one or more nonprofit hospitals or health systems for the purpose of reducing the cost of health services. Historically, this provision required ownership by “two” or more such […]