Publications

In mid-May the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released final regulations for the nondiscrimination section of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The nondiscrimination provision—section 1557 of the ACA (42 USC § 18116)—prohibits discrimination in health care programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, […]

The U.S. Department of Labor recently changed the rule governing the obligation of private-sector employers and third-party consultants (including attorneys) to report “arrangements or agreements” between them where “an object” of the consultant’s/attorney’s services is to persuade employees in the exercise of their rights to be represented by a union […]

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, many ACO organizations have been established by hospitals and health systems to meet the triple aim of the statute—lower cost for individuals, improving access and quality, and improving population health. Their participating providers consist both of health system-employed physicians and […]

Beginning in 2015, the Nebraska Job Creation and Mainstreet Revitalization Act provides $15 million in state historic preservation tax credits annually. The credit is equal to 20 percent of eligible expenditures incurred for improvements to qualifying historically significant real property. The credit is limited to a $1 million tax credit […]

Nebraska v. Parker, 136 S. Ct. 1072 (2016). The Omaha Indian Tribe asserted jurisdiction over the Village of Pender, Nebraska, by subjecting Pender retailers to a liquor ordinance that required liquor licenses, imposed sales tax on liquor sales, and fined violators. Pender and Pender retailers sued members of the Omaha […]