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A prenuptial agreement is easiest to think about before the pressure hits. For Omaha business owners, executives, physicians, investors, and families with inherited wealth, the agreement is not just about divorce. It is about documenting expectations before marriage, protecting separate property, reducing future disputes, and making sure both people understand the financial picture before they […]
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Say you run a growing manufacturing or distribution company in Omaha, and the building you have leased for years finally comes up for sale. You want to buy the real estate and acquire a competitor’s operating business in the same stroke. Until now, federal lending rules made that hard to finance with a single, low-cost […]
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By Tom Horgan, Managing Partner, Horgan Law LLC | Last updated: May 2026 Key Takeaways The market: Approximately 6 million U.S. small and medium-sized businesses will change ownership by 2035 (McKinsey, February 2026), representing up to $5 trillion in enterprise value. Baby boomers make up 59 percent of sellers (IBBA). The structure: Most Nebraska SMB […]
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Your firm just landed a seven-figure commercial dispute, but the case is filed in Douglas County District Court in Omaha. Your lead partner is barred in Illinois and New York. She’s handled dozens of cases like this — but she’s never set foot in a Nebraska courtroom. She needs local counsel, and she needs to […]
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A Nebraska football player signs an NIL deal with the university’s multimedia rights partner. The College Sports Commission rejects it. The player files for arbitration. Meanwhile, a state senator introduces a bill that would prevent any collegiate athletic association from forcing disclosure of NIL contract terms. And the university is simultaneously writing revenue-sharing checks to […]
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You’ve been removed from a corporate board and you’re ready to fight it in court. You file a declaratory judgment action against the board members who voted you out. The district court rules in your favor. Then the Nebraska Supreme Court vacates the entire judgment — not because you were wrong on the merits, but […]
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A vendor promised to deliver materials by March 1 and didn’t show up until April. A business partner agreed to a non-compete and immediately started soliciting your clients. A buyer signed a purchase agreement and then backed out two weeks before closing. Every one of these is a breach of contract — and in Nebraska, […]
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You showed up on time, hit your numbers, and never had a performance issue. Then on a Tuesday afternoon, your manager called you in and told you your position was being eliminated. No warning. No write-up. No explanation that made sense. You’re wondering: is this even legal? In most cases, yes. Nebraska is an at-will […]
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Your ex-spouse received restricted stock units from their employer during your marriage. The divorce decree divided some of those RSUs as property but excluded them from the child support calculation. Now, years later, they’re selling vested shares worth six figures annually — and your child support hasn’t changed. Can you do anything about it? The […]
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You’re sitting at a red light on Dodge Street when another driver rear-ends you at 35 miles per hour. Your neck hurts, your bumper is crumpled, and the other driver is already on the phone with their insurance company. What you do in the next 48 hours will shape whether you recover fair compensation — […]
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Litigation rarely follows a clean path from filing to verdict. Cases take years. Witnesses move. Evidence gets lost. And sometimes, one of the parties dies before the case is resolved. When that happens, most people assume the lawsuit simply continues with whoever is left, or that the case quietly disappears. Neither assumption is correct under […]
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If you own a business and you are facing divorce in Nebraska, the stakes are fundamentally different than they are in a standard dissolution. Your business is likely one of your most significant assets — and unlike a retirement account or a piece of real estate, it cannot simply be divided down the middle. How […]
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