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ACLU Nebraska Fills Leadership Positions

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 4:00am

OMAHA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska has elevated Mindy Rush Chipman to be executive director of the statewide advocacy organization.

Rush Chipman joined ACLU Nebraska last year as legal director and shortly afterward was appointed as interim director.

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Heists Worth Billions: An Investigation Found Criminal Gangs Using Sham Bank Accounts And Secret Online Marketplaces To Steal From Almost Anyone – And Little Being Done To Combat The Fraud

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 2:00am

In January 2020, Debi Gamber studied a computer screen filled with information on scores of check deposits. As a manager for eight years at a TD Bank branch in the Baltimore suburb of Essex, she had reviewed a flurry of account activity as a security measure. These transactions, though, from the ATM of a tiny TD location nestled in a nearby mall, struck her as suspicious.

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Legal Arguments In Challenge To New Abortion Ban Put Off Until July 19

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 5:00am

Omahans rally in support of abortion rights last June after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last summer. (Josie Charron / The Daily Record)

LINCOLN — Courtroom arguments have been delayed until July 19 in the legal challenge to Nebraska’s new law that restricts abortion and transgender health care for minors.

That means that Legislative Bill 574 — which limits abortions to 12 weeks of gestation — remains in effect for now.

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Revenge, Excitement, Or Profit: Why Do People Commit Arson?

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 4:00am

Firefighters stand on top of a fire apparatus as they work to set up a deck gun while silhouetted by fire at an abandoned commercial building in Woodstock, Va., on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (Rich Cooley / Northern Virginia Daily via AP)

The huge blaze that struck Randle Street in central Sydney last week is now the subject of an arson investigation, authorities have confirmed.

Many details remain unclear, including the safety and whereabouts of some of the people who were reportedly sleeping rough in the building, as well as the nature of any criminal charges that may arise.

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Kansas City Massacre Involving ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd Changed The Course Of The FBI 90 Years Ago

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 3:00am

A group of current and former FBI agents laid a wreath Tuesday at the grave of a fellow agent gunned down in the Kansas City Massacre 90 years ago. (Courtesy of the Omaha Office of the FBI)

LINCOLN — Ninety years ago, a gang led by “Pretty Boy” Floyd ambushed a group of law enforcement officers as they escorted a Floyd associate out of Kansas City’s Union Station en route to a federal prison.

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Disability And Aging Advocates Celebrate Supreme Court’s Talevski Decision

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 12:00am

The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the ability of people with disabilities, older adults and their families to sue when federally-funded programs like Medicaid aren’t fairly and safely administered.

The 7-2 decision, which marks Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first major majority opinion, upheld a lower court’s ruling that the daughter of Gorgi Talevski could sue an Indiana health care system.

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Why Civil Courts Should Improve Defendant Notification

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 5:00am

Messy piles of paper sit on a desk. Each year, thousands of people are sued and don’t participate in their lawsuit. For some, this is because they were never notified, or the documents they received were difficult to understand.
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In movies and on television, service of process—the official delivery of legal documents notifying a person that a case has been filed against them—is usually shown as an unpleasant, but relatively common and routine, experience. These fictional depictions typically involve a stranger, the process server, approaching and handing an envelope to a person, saying “You’ve been served,” and quickly walking away, as the individual receiving the envelope reacts with frustration.

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Judging The Judges: Scandals Have The Potential To Affect The Legitimacy Of Judges – And Possibly The Federal Judiciary, Too

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 3:00am

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is no stranger to controversy.

In 1991, during his confirmation hearings in the Senate, Thomas faced accusations of sexual harassment from a former colleague and law school professor, Anita Hill.

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This Cop Got Out Of 44 Tickets By Saying Over And Over That His Girlfriend Stole His Car

Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 2:00am

Each time he stood before a Chicago traffic court judge and told his story, the judge asked his name.

“Jeffrey Kriv,” he’d say. That was true.

Then he’d raise his right hand and get sworn in. What came next was also consistent.

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U.S. Supreme Court Weighs In On Nebraska ‘Home Equity Theft’ Cases

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 5:00am

A neighborhood in West Omaha. (Nati Harnik / AP Photo)

LINCOLN — Action Monday by the nation’s highest court voided two decisions of the Nebraska Supreme Court that upheld what critics have been calling state-assisted “home equity theft.”

The U.S. Supreme Court justices sent both cases back for reconsideration by the state’s Supreme Court. The move was made in light of the high court’s May 25 decision in a similar Minnesota case.