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Comment on the proposed revision of federal rule of evidence 702: "Clarifying" the court's gatekeeping responsibility over expert testimony
(2022)Expert testimony has always presented the courts with an analytical dilemma. On the one hand, jurors may benefit from the insight of experts in understanding complex issues. On the other hand, jurors have limited capacity ... -
Nebraska appellate practice and procedure
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Digital assets in decedents’ estates: Overview and analysis
(Nebraska State Bar Association. Lincoln, NE, 2022)Digital assets encompass a broad range of electronic files, images, accounts, and information. Some have limited monetary value, but they may require preservation because of sentimental value to family members or loved ... -
Survey of tax issues surrounding death of a farm business owner
(Creighton University School of LawWashburn University School of Law. Omaha, NETopeka, KS, 2022)Among the many problems created by death of a farm business owner, tax consequences may not rank at the top of the list, but they are nevertheless important. This outline focuses on fundamental income tax issues and related ... -
Important developments in federal income taxation
(Great Plains Federal Tax Institute. Lincoln, NE, 2022)This outline covers significant developments in federal income taxation arising during the past year. It offers a selective treatment focusing on items likely to interest practitioners and advisors within a broad range of ... -
Nebraska jury instructions : Second edition
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Nebraska jury instructions : Second edition
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Adapting to innovation: Embracing incremental change
(Nebraska State Bar Association. 2022)This essay provides some observations about the processes of change affecting the legal profession. While legal changes often flow from innovation, new rules tend to lag far behind the present state of technology, requiring ... -
Mangrum on Nebraska evidence
(Thomson Reuters. Eagan, MN, 2022)This source for Nebraska evidence law enables you to quickly locate a particular rule and case law that applies to your issue. It discusses legislative history behind each rule, and highlights decisions by the United States ... -
You and your client: What makes a successful relationship?
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Ruan v. United States: “Bad doctors,” bad law, and the promise of decriminalizing medical care
(Cato Institute. Washington, DC, 2022)This essay is an attempt to disentangle some of that complexity and proceeds in four parts. First, I share a few of my nursing experiences working with patients who took prescribed opioids and try to shed some light on ... -
If you lost money on FTX, you may see some tax relief
(CoinDesk. 2022)This article compares Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto trading empire to Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme to glean what the FTX fallout could mean for tax filers. -
Legal negotiation in a nutshell
(West Academic Publishing. 2023)Follows the entire process from opening negotiations to settlement. Text first introduces negotiation in law practice and representing a client in legal negotiation. Covers the basic types of legal negotiations, case ... -
Dynasty 529 plans and structural inequality,
(2022)The tax advantages available through 529 accounts, such as the potential for perpetual tax-free growth, have been maximized by the wealth defense industry that operates to the advantage of high income and wealth families ... -
Athletes in transit: Why the game is different in sports and the visas should be too
(2022)At least as early as the ancient Olympic games, athletes have traveled to engage in competition. Participation in the games was so revered that military truces were enacted to secure the safety of spectators and athletes ... -
Prepaid death
(2022)The cost of an adult funeral exceeds $9,000. Funerals are expensive and death is not considered an appropriate time to bargain shop. The consumer is generally inexpert and vulnerable due to bereavement. Decisions are often ... -
Treating workers as essential too: an ethical framework for public health interventions to prevent and control COVID-19 infections among meat-processing facility workers and their communities in the United States
(2022)Meat is a multi-billion-dollar industry that relies on people performing risky physical work inside meat-processing facilities over long shifts in close proximity. These workers are socially disempowered, and many are ... -
Quiescent sovereignty of U.S. Territories
(2022)Under modern democratic theory, the font of sovereignty springs from the people; however, traces of its past as a power emanating from the Crown continue to haunt the domestic and international status of sub-sovereign legal ... -
Ukraine Symposium – Effects-based enforcement of targeting law
(. West Point, NY, 2022)The international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine tragically demonstrates that the European continent is still not immune from war. It also illustrates that the laws of war are only as effective as the leadership ...