112 ABA Journal Nebraska articles.
Nebraska lawmakers abolished the death penalty on Wednesday, as the state’s unicameral legislature overrode a veto by the Republican governor in a 30-19 bipartisan vote.
The 30 votes to override…
May 27, 2015 5:05 PM CDT
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts on Tuesday vetoed a bill abolishing the death penalty in the state, saying capital punishment “is a matter of public safety.”
In the final vote on…
May 27, 2015 7:45 AM CDT
The parents of a girl struck by a truck in an Omaha, Nebraska, street on Halloween 2011 have sued a home insurance company, among other defendants, seeking compensation for her…
May 22, 2015 3:45 PM CDT
By a 32-15 vote, Nebraska lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to abolish the death penalty, which has not been imposed in the state since 1997.
The margin by which the bill…
May 20, 2015 2:50 PM CDT
Two inmates were found dead in a housing unit after a day of rioting on Sunday at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in Nebraska.
The identities of the victims had…
May 11, 2015 9:33 AM CDT
A judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit against “all homosexuals” by a Nebraska woman who claimed to be acting as an ambassador for God and his son, Jesus Christ.
U.S.…
May 8, 2015 1:40 PM CDT
Paul Deck turned 100 on Sunday, making him the oldest practicing lawyer in Nebraska and Iowa.
Deck still works at his Sioux City law practice, handling mostly divorce and custody…
Mar 30, 2015 11:15 AM CDT
The last four years have been the most profitable in the nearly 60-year history of Harding & Shultz, a senior partner says.
But the Lincoln, Nebraska, business boutique is…
Mar 13, 2015 9:45 AM CDT
A Nebraska federal judge issued an injunction on Monday that ordered the state to give same-sex couples marriage licenses. The preliminary order goes against a state constitutional amendment that defines…
Mar 2, 2015 9:52 AM CST
An Omaha lawyer who accidentally left his $500 pen at a courthouse security kiosk has filed a tort claim with the county over its disappearance.
Lawyer John Kerwin says the…
Feb 3, 2015 7:05 AM CST
Found guilty in 2009 of murdering an elderly woman decades earlier, when he was a teenager, Jeffrey Glazebrook eventually got that conviction reversed.
But the 54-year-old will serve at least…
Jan 7, 2015 6:15 AM CST
An intellectual property law firm is building new offices in Omaha that will be designed with high-tech safeguards to keep client information secret.
Construction is beginning on the new building…
Jan 5, 2015 6:00 AM CST
The day before ceremonies on Thursday to swear in new lawyers in Nebraska, three would-be lawyers got some bad news. They didn’t pass the bar exam after all.
But the…
Sep 26, 2014 7:09 AM CDT
Nebraska College of Law student Alissa Doerr clerked with a small-town lawyer this summer, seeking the experience she needs to set up a similar practice and take advantage of the…
Aug 26, 2014 1:50 PM CDT
Notified by the feds that it had violated wage-and-hour laws, a well-known company opted to settle the case rather than fight allegations that nonexempt hourly employees in four states weren’t…
Aug 4, 2014 10:09 PM CDT
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