Publications

Under Angel v. Nebraska Dep’t of Nat. Res., 314 Neb. 1 (2023), the Safety of Dams and Reservoirs Act immunized the state from liability for its control and regulation of the state’s dams. After significant flooding and an ice buildup in northern Nebraska, Spencer Dam failed on March 14, 2019. […]

Nationwide efforts to curb the carbon footprint have created profitable opportunities in the Midwest to help reduce pollution. Nationwide climate goals have created new market opportunities in the Midwest for carbon. Ethanol plants, agricultural producers, and pipeline operators, among others, have significant potential to capitalize on these opportunities. Below is […]

The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank earlier this month can, in many ways, be chalked up to circumstances and mistakes unique to those two financial institutions. SVB’s balance sheet was over-reliant on bonds in the face of rising interest rates. When SVB sold those bonds at a […]

Trademark scams have been steadily increasing over the past few years.  If you receive correspondence about your trademarks from someone other than your trademark attorney – correspondence that looks like an invoice or an offer for trademark services – it is likely not legitimate.  With technological advancements, it is now […]

On November 21, 2022, the Supreme Court agreed to review the Ninth Circuit’s decisions in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, wherein the federal appeals court held that the alleged infringing mark was an expressive work protected by the First Amendment. Jack Daniel’s concerns a lawsuit filed by […]