The new TAKE IT DOWN Act, which is an acronym for “Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act” (the “Act”), was signed into law on May 19th. The Act fills a need to allow victims of sexual exploitation or extortion, or victims of […]
Publications
Ongoing Lawsuit Threatens Finalized CFPB Rule to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports
In January, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) finalized a rule proposed last year with the potential to have a sweeping impact on the practices of weaponized credit reporting. According to CFPB reporting, the rule would in effect remove about $49 billion in medical bills spanning over roughly 15 million […]
Healthy Families and Workplaces Act
In this episode of Baird Holm Banter, Sapphire Andersen talks to David Kramer about the recent updates to Nebraska’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act. Listen here.
Nebraska Supreme Court Clarifies Due Process Requirements and Appealability of Political Subdivision Decisions
Hauxwell v. Middle Republican Nat. Resources Dist. 319 Neb. 1 (2025) and Hauxwell v. Middle Republican Nat. Resources Dist., 319 Neb. 28 (2025). The Nebraska Supreme Court recently clarified procedural requirements in contested cases before a Nebraska political subdivision. The court issued two decisions involving the same parties. In the […]
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Counties May Not Regulate “Safety Standards” For Carbon Pipelines
Couser v. Shelby Cnty., Iowa, 2025 WL 1585295 (8th Cir. June 5, 2025) Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC (“Summit”), plans to build a pipeline to transport carbon dioxide. The pipeline crosses Shelby County and Story County, Iowa. Each county passed an ordinance regulating pipelines in response to the state’s approval of […]

