Firm News
Don’t Lose Your Property Tax-Exempt Status: A New Law Creates a Potential Pitfall for Nebraska Non-Profits
In 2021, Nebraska enacted LB 521, which creates a potential pitfall for Nebraska non-profits. Under Nebraska law, an organization seeking tax-exempt status for its real or personal property must apply for an exemption with the County Assessor on or before December 31...
Fraser Stryker Welcomes Attorney Sarah M. Dempsey
Fraser Stryker PC LLO is pleased to announce that Sarah M. Dempsey has joined the Firm’s litigation practice group with a focus on commercial litigation, insurance defense and self-insured litigation, legal malpractice defense, professional negligence, personal...
USPTO Scam Notices Continue to Rise
The number of scam notices received by trademark owners after filing a trademark application continues to be on the rise. In March 2017, the operators of a private company—the Trademark Compliance Center—were convicted of money laundering in a trademark renewal...
What is Split-Dollar Life Insurance?
What is split-dollar life insurance? Split-dollar life insurance is a contract between two or more parties to split the ownership and benefits of a permanent life insurance policy with a cash value component. Split-dollar contracts are most often used by companies to...
A Guide to Corporate-Owned Life Insurance
What is Corporate-Owned Life Insurance ("COLI")? Corporate-owned life insurance ("COLI") refers to life insurance that is purchased by a corporation for its own use. The corporation can be either the full or partial beneficiary on the insurance policy. Typically, an...
Fraser Stryker Welcomes New Associate Shay P. Talbitzer
Fraser Stryker PC LLO is pleased to announce that Shay P. Talbitzer has joined the Firm as an associate attorney in their commercial litigation, products liability, professional negligence, white-collar defense and investigations, and commercial trucking defense...
Fraser Stryker PC LLO Acquires Dunmire, Fisher & Hastings
Fraser Stryker PC LLO has announced the acquisition of Dunmire, Fisher & Hastings, a law firm in Hastings, NE. This acquisition will support Fraser Stryker PC LLO’s resources to its clients across Nebraska. The Fraser Stryker PC LLO Hastings office will continue...
Fraser Stryker New Associate Spotlight: Terrence W. (T.W.) Huntington
Terrence W. (T.W.) Huntington joined Fraser Stryker’s estate planning and probate, trust and estate administration, business succession planning, and real estate law practice areas. T.W. decided to focus his law practice on estate and business succession planning...
Emily Langdon Quoted in September 24, 2021 Edition of the Midlands Business Journal
Emily R. Langdon Employee Benefits & ERISA Law Attorney elangdon@fraserstryker.comIn the September 24, 2021 edition of the Midlands Business Journal, Fraser Stryker parnter Emily Langdon was quoted in an article entitled "Rising plan costs and COVID-19 drive...
Fraser Stryker New Associate Spotlight: Alexander S. Arkfeld
Alexander (Alex) Arkfeld has joined Fraser Stryker’s team in the practice areas of litigation, appellate, class action, commercial litigation, and government and administrative affairs. As a prior law clerk at the Washington State Supreme Court for the Honorable...