The first session of the 103rd Nebraska Legislature is approaching the halfway mark. A majority of the bills introduced this session remain in committee, however, with the last of the committee hearings occuring this month, we anticipate an increase in bills advancing to General File over the next several weeks. […]
Publications
The Next Decade of HIPAA: Omnibus Final Rule Brings Challenges and Increased Enforcement
As we near the ten year anniversary of covered entities complying with the original HIPAA Privacy Rule (April 14, 2003), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a wake-up call with the publication of a consolidated final rule implementing new and enhanced standards for Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach […]
FFIEC Issues Proposed Guidance on Social Media
On January 23, 2013, the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council (“FFIEC”) issued “Social Media: Consumer Compliance Risk Management Guidance” (the “Proposed Guidance”). Comments are due by March 25, 2013. After consideration of public comments, the regulatory agencies that make up the FFIEC (the “Agencies”) will issue final supervisory guidance to […]
Keeping Current: Best Practices for Garnishment of Bank Accounts to Collect Debts
Pundits sometimes jokingly refer to a garnishment subpoena mailed to a bank as a “valentine.” A bank with a judgment of its own to collect can send such “valentines” to other banks. This article provides tips for use by a bank of deposit account garnishments to collect its own judgment […]
My Collateral Includes a Commodity Account. Now What?
Prices for agricultural commodities fluctuate. A producer attempts to mitigate this price risk through hedging. A lender attempts to mitigate the risks of loaning money to the producer by taking a security interest in producer’s commodity hedging accounts. The commodity broker provides the lender with a control agreement, and says […]