Olson

February 27, 2009 | Daily Report Online

OMAHA, Neb. AP - The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld the firing of a State Patrol trooper for his ties to the Ku Klux Klan.Justice John Gerrard wrote that Robert Henderson voluntarily associated with an organization that uses violence and terror to oppose the state's founding principles of equality and tolerance.

By ERIC OLSON

3 minute read

May 03, 2007 | Daily Report Online

LINCOLN, Neb. AP - The Nebraska SupremeCourt on Wednesday stayed an execution over concerns about a new electrocution protocol in the only state that still relies solely on the electric chair for capital punishment.Carey Dean Moore had been scheduled to die Tuesday for the 1979 murders of two Omaha cab drivers. The high court issued the stay after receiving objections this week from state Sen.

By Eric Olson

3 minute read

October 18, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices listened to nearly two hours of arguments Wednesday morning in Pittsburgh over whether aspects of the state's new Marcellus Shale drilling law take too much power away from local governments.

By Laura Olson

3 minute read

December 18, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

State Treasurer Rob McCord said his office will not sign off on any lottery funds for expanding gambling until officials prove that plans submitted by a private management firm comply with the law.

By Laura Olson

2 minute read

September 04, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Education again ranks high on the priority list of issues for Republican state lawmakers, who are scheduled to return to the state Capitol for a brief fall session beginning in late September.

By Laura Olson

4 minute read

January 08, 2007 | National Law Journal

For almost a decade, the governmental agencies regulating retirement plans and investment activity have expressed concern about fees and expenses associated with investments under participant-directed defined-contribution retirement plans (401(k) plans).

By Steven J. Sacher and Matthew A. Olson/Special to The National Law Journal

13 minute read

March 28, 2005 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Constitution guarantees to authors, inventors and other creative artists that the fruits of their ingenuity and labor will be protected as their property and may not be taken from them. The continued vitality of our creative citizens depends on the continued fulfillment of our constitutional promise to that the fruits of their creativity will belong to them.

By Theodore B. OlsonSpecial to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

January 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

Theodore Olson finds common ground with Neal Katyal in urging respect for the lawyers on both sides whose arguments are developing the best possible law on detainees.

By Theodore B. Olson and Neal Katyal

5 minute read

November 09, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

The use of Chapter 91 requests by municipalities as a "sword" to dismiss appeals means the owners of income-producing properties must be vigilant in identifying and responding to Chapter 91 requests.

By Thomas Olson and Cory K. Kestner

10 minute read

June 21, 2001 | Law.com

Every member of a litigation team should have as much case knowledge as possible. But much of that knowledge is usually locked away in one person's head, resulting in the "one head problem." Here, two litigators discuss how they use CaseMap and Summation to rapidly compile and share case data among all members of a team. The efficiency gained is about as sexy as legal software can get.

By Bruce Olson and Rick Talcott

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