Publications

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has announced the publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise and replace its Sex Discrimination Guidelines. The NPRM would rescind OFCCP’s outdated guidelines on federal contractors’ obligations not to discriminate on the basis of sex under Executive Order 11246 […]

In February 2015, the Nebraska Supreme Court rendered its decision in the case Synergy4 Enter. v. Pinnacle Bank, 290 Neb. 241 (2015). In that case, Synergy4 Enterprises (“Synergy”) alleged that Synergy’s owners (last names Quinn and Bauer) had met with a branch president of Pinnacle Bank (“Bank”) prior to Synergy’s […]

On March 10, 2015 the Internal Revenue Service published Revenue Procedure 2015-21 – which provided remedial procedures for tax-exempt hospitals that have minor errors in the implementation of or fail to implement requirements established by § 501(r). Revenue Procedure requirements piggyback on the Treasury Department and the IRS’s 501(r) final […]

The Nebraska Legislature approved, and, on March 5, 2015, the Governor signed Legislative Bill 107, which amends the Nebraska Nurse Practitioner Practice Act, governing advance practice registered nurses (APRNs), to be effective June 5, 2015. The stated purpose of the Bill includes “to eliminate requirements for integrated practice agreements for […]

The first session of the 104th Nebraska Legislature is now two-thirds complete with the Legislature holding its last hearings this week. Here is an update on the bills we are tracking related to real property, renewable energy, and municipal law. Of significant note, on April 2, 2015, the Revenue Committee […]