Publications

On April 2, 2014, Governor Heineman signed Legislative Bill 402, which will allow more renewable energy projects to use Nebraska’s Community Based Energy Development or “C-BED” statute to qualify for exemption from state sales tax. Introduced by Senator Heath Mello, LB 402 will enhance the economic development benefits of renewable […]

The Nebraska Legislature passed a bill to amend certain provisions of the Nebraska Construction Prompt Pay Act. Senator Heath Mello originally introduced revisions to the Prompt Pay Act as Legislative Bill 373, but the Nebraska Legislature later incorporated the provisions of LB 373 into Legislative Bill 961. The Nebraska Governor […]

The Internet’s naming system has recently undergone a game changing expansion. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has enabled a large number of generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”) to be added to the existing domain name system under a global initiative called the “New gTLD Program.” These new […]

With an additional overlay of state and federal regulation, employment law issues at financial institutions take on an additional level of complexity. Whether it is the new regulations affecting permissible compensation practices for mortgage loan originators, state and federal licensing requirements or complex rules applicable to insider transactions, human resource […]

Via Medicare Learning Network (MLN) article, CMS announced its implementation of finger-print based background checks as part of the Heightened Medicare Enrollment Standards set out in Section 640 of the Affordable Care Act. (See MLN Matter Number SE1417.) The more intensive screening will be phased in during 2014. When fully […]