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Lawsuit Settlement Funds Obtained By The State Go To Many Places, Purposes

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/02/2022 - 5:00am

LINCOLN — The State of Nebraska recently raked in more than $20 million as part of settlements of multi-state consumer lawsuits against corporate giants Google and Walmart.

The state will receive nearly $12 million from Google as part of a $391.5 million out-of-court settlement over misleading tracking of users’ locations.

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Supreme Court Case Could Curtail Rights Of Medicaid Patients

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/02/2022 - 4:00am

Gorgi Talevski did not live long enough to see his case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this month. A Macedonian-born resident of Indiana, Talevski operated a crane for three decades, raised a family and loved to dance before his dementia deepened, and he died last year.

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House Votes To Avert Rail Strike, Impose Deal On Unions

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/02/2022 - 3:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved.

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Nebraska State Bar Foundation 2022 Fellows

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/30/2022 - 1:00am

Nebraska State Bar Foundation

2022 Fellows

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What Will UnitedHealth’s New Trove Of Claims Data Mean For Consumers?

Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 11/29/2022 - 2:00am

In early 2020, executives at health care behemoth UnitedHealth Group were considering a potential acquisition that could give them the ability to access and analyze a quarter of all medical insurance claims in the U.S. The prospective target, Change Healthcare, was a largely invisible but crucial part of the country’s claims-processing infrastructure — it functions as the pipes that carry insurance claims between health care providers and insurers — and its customers often gave it permission to use their data.

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No Nitrate Police: State And Local Regulators Can’t, Or Won’t, Stop Our Drinking Water From Getting Worse

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 11/25/2022 - 5:00am

Farmer Jason Othmer operates a combine as he harvests corn near Vesta, an unincorporated community in Johnson County in southeast Nebraska on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (Background by Ryan Soderlin / Flatwater Free Press)

The farmer was growing impatient.

He and dozens of other central Nebraska farmers had gathered for mandatory training in Columbus a few weeks before last Christmas. In response to high nitrate levels, the Lower Loup Natural Resources District had designated a “Phase 3 area.” That led to new requirements – like this training to help farmers manage their nitrogen fertilizer use.

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Why We’re Suing The Department Of Environment And Energy

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 11/25/2022 - 2:00am

The Flatwater Free Press is suing the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy over its response to a public records request for emails.

I’d like to tell you why.

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Insurance Fraud Costs $309 Billion A Year – Nearly $1,000 For Every American

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 11/25/2022 - 1:00am

What would you do with an extra US$932.63 in your pocket?

That’s how much insurance fraud costs every American a year – $309 billion in total, according to the findings of a recent research study that I led. For a family of four, that adds up to nearly $3,800 – about enough to finance a small family vacation.

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Justices Asked To Hear Dog Toy Dispute. Will They Bite?

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/23/2022 - 3:00am

A bottle of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey is displayed next to a Bad Spaniels dog toy.
(Jessica Gresko / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The company that makes Jack Daniel's is howling mad over a squeaking dog toy that parodies the whiskey's signature bottle. Now, the liquor company is barking at the door of the Supreme Court.

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Activists Argue For Dismissal Of Lawsuit Filed Over Controversial Development Near Lincoln’s Wilderness Park

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/23/2022 - 1:00am

LINCOLN — Attorneys for Native American activists asked a judge Friday to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them by the City of Lincoln over the right to appeal a controversial zoning decision.

The court action was a continuation of protests over the approval of a housing development called Wilderness Crossing adjacent to Lincoln’s Wilderness Park and near a site where sweat lodge ceremonies are conducted.