In May, we issued a blog discussing sweeping changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) overtime requirements.  Click here to read our previous post. As a recap, soon to be former President Obama instructed the Department of ...Read More

In Part one of this article, I set forth the basic provisions related to the intersection of individual concealed carry rights and the ability of employers to regulate their workplace. To recap, holders of a concealed carry permit are entitled to car...Read More

This past year, the Nebraska State Legislature approved an update to the Nebraska Landlord Tenant Act, which affected Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431. This section has historically addressed a landlord’s rights when the tenant is noncompliant wi...Read More

As many landlords and tenants are aware, the Federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the rental of housing on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin.   But can a landlord refuse ...Read More

Among the usual cacophony of news noise -- slipped in between Hillary’s deleted emails, mass panic over a potential Trump presidency, and the Zika virus—is the breaking news of sweeping changes to the “white collar exemption” ...Read More

Guns. The mere mention of the word conjures a visceral response in most minds immediately—fear, comfort, violence, safety. Whatever the association, there is no question that guns are a hot-button issue today. The issue of how to approach gun o...Read More

In Nebraska, and most likely in most other surrounding states, we have seen a considerable increase in the net worth of producers over the last several years.  Although various factors impact the net worth of producers, in my opinion, the variab...Read More

I recently authored an article for the Nebraska Defense Counsel Association’s publication entitled The Nebraska Agritourism Promotion Act and the Muddy Waters of Recreational Liability.  Click here to read the printed article.  Our pr...Read More

I have been practicing with the same firm in Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska for just under 17 years.  When I joined my firm, I expected that I would spend the vast majority of my practice involved in the transactional setting as my college an...Read More

Over the past several months I’ve been receiving calls and emails from lawyers that I know, and even more from lawyers that I’ve never heard of, all asking me to align with them in signing up my corn farmer and/or ethanol plant clients to...Read More