Past Events

This presentation guides attendees through contract negotiations with vendors regarding data breaches, covering key terms and post-breach actions like notifications, regulatory compliance, cost sharing, and ongoing security measures.

This presentation provides an overview of the Corporate Transparency Act. 

This presentation shares background on AI, insight on the AI legal landscape; as well as contracting considerations for AI customers and providers. 

This presentation will explore current and emerging issues in finance. 

Learn about the best practices and strategies for protecting your IP in various scenarios. 

Join Erin as she explores the different considerations that HR advisors and legal counsel must consider when dealing with the emergence and evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in business.

This presentation highlights the importance of due diligence in commercial real estate deals and discusses current trends. Also discussed are prominent and emerging environmental concerns.

This presentation will discuss ethics issues from the perspective of in-house counsel. 

Join us for a webinar discussing common errors that are often uncovered in an audit so that you can ensure that your company is not caught off guard.

Employers who used virtual remote flexibilities to complete Form I-9s due to the Covid-19 pandemic must correct them by August 30, 2023. Join our webinar to learn more.

Rick Vroman and Joe Huigens discuss various Health Law updates, such as the new Nebraska Corporate Transparency Act, updates on the No Surprises Act, trends in telemedicine, and a legislative update related to recent Unicameral action, including reproductive rights laws.

In the second installment of our webinar series in partnership with SunRay Construction Solutions, attorneys Dan Weidner and Taylor Hayes discussed strategies for ensuring payment after recording a Nebraska construction lien.

Join our Commercial and Technology Contracts team as they explore key strategies and best practices for drafting and negotiating software license agreements that protect your company's interests while fostering positive business relationships. 

Join us on Thursday, April 27th, 2023, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. for our 2023 EST Summit at Marriott Regency.

A summary of three business owner exits: a third-party sale, a transfer to a key employee, and a transfer to a family member. Each case study will detail a true client exit plan, each client’s goals prior to exit, the path taken to successfully exit, and the tools, techniques, and strategies to make it happen.

After spending significant time and energy focused on building a sustainable business, switching mindsets to plan for when and how to exit can be very difficult. Hear from a compelling panel of current and former business owners who have successfully navigated this challenge, and gain insight into the objectives and methodologies that went into their process.

This session will provide an overview of key updates impacting business clients, including legislative and market updates.

Join Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights attorney, Brian Koenig for a CLE course that will provide lender's counsel with a framework for responding to commercial loan defaults.

Our Health Law Symposium will take place at Happy Hollow Club on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

The requirements surrounding “Good Faith Estimates” apply to all providers and facilities in the health care industry. Most coverage of the No Surprises Act has focused on the balance billing prohibitions.

The increasing demand for behavioral health services is creating major opportunities in the transactions market.

Timely and accurate medical record maintenance is more important than ever.

An overview of the Corporate Transparency Act, providing information on who is required to report, what information is required to be reported, and when are reports required. 

Regulatory enforcement in the health care space continues to be on the rise. A negative outcome in a Medicaid claims audit or licensure investigation can be devastating, both financially and professionally.

An update on various developments in the health law industry.

Margaret, an Employment Law attorney, will discuss the legal and political battle over the application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Title IX. Bostock prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. She will also address one of the unintended consequences this unsettled issue has had on faculty and students; namely, the lack of mandatory training on behavioral expectations, terminology, etc.

Learn how to improve the chances of prompt and full payment on construction projects in Nebraska.

Join us for this webinar for an overview of the H-1B lottery process, along with a discussion of tips and timelines to be aware of for this year’s H-1B lottery filings.

Watch this on-demand webinar to ensure that you’re up to speed on the latest developments and compliance action items for these new privacy laws.

Craig Benson and Austin Hoffman presented before the Omaha Estate Planning Council, focusing their presentation on identifying common tax traps and discussing options and implications of income tax planning for trusts, estates, and decedents.

Alternative employment arrangements are on the rise as companies look for ways to ease staffing shortages. This presentation will discuss the legal liability associated with contingent work and alternative employment arrangements, including independent contractor misclassification and joint employer liability.

Did you miss Koley Jessen's 17th Annual Employment Law Symposium? Join us for a webinar series on November 10, November 17, December 1, and December 8 to take part in this year's presentations and ask our team your burning employment questions. 

Data Privacy & Security attorney Maureen Fulton presented on How New State Laws in 2023 Will Shape the U.S. Privacy Landscape on December 2, 2022 as part of the Nebraska State Bar Association's 2022 Business Law Seminar. 

Immigration attorney Ryan Sevcik presented on Immigration Considerations for Businesses on December 2, 2022 as part of the Nebraska State Bar Association's 2022 Business Law Seminar. 

Our Health Law Symposium will take place at Happy Hollow Club on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Our Annual Employment Law Symposium will take place at Happy Hollow Club on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 from 11:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. 

You may think that terminating an employee will be the end to your problems, however, if done incorrectly or carelessly, it could instead be the beginning of them. This presentation will touch on separation agreements and severance packages, such as when they should be offered and what can or should be offered.  Additionally, Jackie will discuss more complex issues such as terminating employees on leaves of absences, reductions in force or group terminations, and health insurance coverage post-termination.

A number of states and jurisdictions have enacted, or revised, statutes that impose new requirements and limitations on the use of non-competition agreements between employers and employees. In this presentation, John will discuss this recent legislation and explain what employers must do to comply.

This presentation will discuss the modern trend of quiet quitting, what it means, possible explanations for why employees quiet quit, and what employers can do to recognize and address quiet quitting in the workplace.

This presentation will provide a general overview of federal law governing non-medical parental leave, as well as a synopsis of current parental leave trends.

This presentation will provide an overview of how traditional employee benefits were impacted due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and the emergence of unique employee benefits as a result of the Pandemic. Additionally, we will review recent legislation that was enacted prior to and as a result of the Pandemic and current proposed legislation affecting employee benefit plans.

Many businesses are asking whether they should continue drug testing for marijuana or not.  This presentation will cover both the legal and practical implications of this decision and what the future may hold.

Enacted in 1935, the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) remains the central guidebook for both employees seeking and employers responding to unionization efforts in the United States. Today, labor organizers are utilizing modern technology and social media platforms to unionize workers in ways the drafters of the NLRA could not anticipate.

Remote work has become more commonplace after the COVID-19 pandemic, and thankfully the U.S. Department of Homeland Security introduced flexibility rules for Form I-9 completion that account for remote work arrangements.

Many organizations incentivize employees with compensation through commissions. This presentation will address best practices for ensuring compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and applicable state wage payment laws while still having a plan that is simple to understand and manageable.

Koley Jessen formally invites you to attend KJ University. If you are interested in a variety of legal topics and are in need of CLE credit, we hope you will join us!

This one-hour presentation will take a deep dive into the new state law privacy requirements coming into effect in 2023 in California, Utah, Virginia, Colorado, and Connecticut.

Comi and Taylor will discuss an overview of common bolt-on deal structures, deal issues, and legal diligence issues, along with a general M&A market update, representation & warranty insurance (RWI) market update and non-RWI indemnification market update.

While your marketing team is doing its best to reach the cool kids with its social media efforts, it’s up to you to know the rules. Learn about the legal side of social media, including the actions that can get your company in trouble with FTC; how to effectively take advantage of NIL; what is fair use of traditional IP; little-known ways of effectively resolving disputes with others; and more.