In October, the Nebraska State Bar Association approved and adopted revised Nebraska Real Estate Title Standards. Although the Nebraska Real Estate Title Standards are not substantive law, they provide minimum standards for performing searches of chains of title for real estate in Nebraska. These standards ensure title searchers and abstractors […]
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New EPA Environmental Site Assessment Standards Not Yet in Effect
As we reported in an October 15, 2013, Dirt Alert Article, the United States Environmental Protection Agency adopted a proposed Amendment to Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries to incorporate ASTM International’s E1527-13 “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process.” The period to submit […]
State Specific Developments: November 2013
Iowa: A recent Iowa Supreme Court decision, Dorshkind v. Oak Park Place of Dubuque II, L.L.C., addressed the public policy exception to at-will employment. The court upheld a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a wrongful termination claim where the employee’s discharge was the result of an internal complaint she […]
OCC Releases Updated CRE Lending Booklet
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency recently announced the release of the “Commercial Real Estate Lending” booklet (available here) of the Comptroller’s Handbook to replace its dated “Commercial Real Estate and Construction Lending” booklet, which was issued in 1995. As CRE lending regains traction across the county, the new […]
OFCCP: “TRICARE Providers Are Subject to Affirmative Action Requirements”
For years, we have been tracking the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (“OFCCP”) efforts to expand its jurisdiction to health care employers. Generally, the OFCCP enforces regulations that require employers with at least 50 employees, who hold a single contract or subcontract of at least $50,000 […]