Publications

On January 3, 2014, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to expressly permit certain covered entities to disclose specific information about individuals subject to the Federal mental […]

The second session of the 103rd Nebraska Legislature commenced on January 8, 2014. Baird Holm is actively working on various bills and we will be tracking many related to real property, renewable energy, and municipal law. Here is a list of the bills we are tracking with their current status. […]

On January 13, 2014, Senator Ken Schilz introduced LB 845, legislation to repeal the current statute relating to the registration and marking of meteorological evaluation towers (MET) and to provide a new definition for METs and new requirements for registration and identification markers.   LB845 defines a MET as “an […]

Many providers wrongly assume that copying their lawyer on communications somehow means that the communication is automatically protected from discovery under an attorney-client privilege. A recent ruling in U.S. v. Halifax Hospital Medical Center points out that this is not always the case and includes important reminders for what is […]

The deadline to claim an Iowa business property tax credit is January 15, 2014. As we reported in a June 14, 2013, article, Iowa enacted legislation to reform certain types of property taxes. One reform applies to businesses that pay property taxes and allows for a credit of up to […]