Publications

Recent statements from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director Rohit Chopra should serve as a potential warning to non-bank financial service providers that they are squarely in the CFPB’s cross-hairs following the high profile failures of SVB and Signature Bank last month. In statements to the Washington Post, Director Chopra […]

In a world where artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology is on the rise and chatbots like ChatGPT gain popularity, the intellectual property sector has been tasked with determining how to handle the work product of AI. In response to these technological developments, on March 16, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office launched […]

LB 376 enacts key benefits for craft breweries and microdistilleries. Vanessa Silke and Hannes Zetzsche helped usher the bill into law. Under the first bill adopted in 2023 by the Nebraska Legislature, and the first bill signed into law by Governor Jim Pillen, a group of measures largely benefitting the […]

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 […]