Publications

In re App. No. P-12.32 of Black Hills Neb. Gas, 311 Neb. 813 (2022). The Nebraska Public Service Commission (“PSC”) has broad authority to regulate natural-gas providers in Nebraska. Under Nebraska Revised Statutes section 66‑1863, a provider must obtain PSC approval before expanding or enlarging its service area.[1] The standard […]

Mark Goldsmith joins David Kramer to talk about the challenges that employers face when defending against lawsuits filed in California state court. Mark will discuss how procedures have evolved to make litigating remotely more cost effective, as well as some of the differences that make California cases unique. Listen here.

Enacted in 2021, the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide Act regulates carbon-storage sites in Nebraska. Such projects have the potential to significantly offset industrial carbon emissions, including in ethanol production. Carbon capture and underground storage (“CCUS”) is the technology that removes carbon dioxide from industrial emissions and then compresses, transports, […]

The two-year halt on tariffs aims to alleviate import costs and ease supply-chain logjams that have hampered growth in the solar-energy industry. This move should allay some industry concerns and increase domestic development. President Joe Biden recently took significant action to address the slowdown in domestic solar-energy deployment. In an […]

Humphrey v. Smith, 311 Neb. 632 (2022). A partition action asks a court to split a property between multiple owners. Here, two people bought a house together. One loaned the other $25,000 of the $35,000 purchase price. The lender, in turn, promised to release his name from the deed once […]