20 Jan 2022
Professor John Lenich spoke on the County Court Expedited Civil Actions Act at the January meeting of the Robert Van Pelt Inn of Court in Lincoln. The Act took effect on January 1, 2022, and creates a streamlined process in Nebraska for litigating civil actions that do not exceed $57,000. Professor Lenich’s presentation focused on the practical advantages and disadvantages of bringing an action under the Act. He currently serves as the Civil Reporter of the Nebraska Supreme Court Committee on Practice & Procedure and was involved in drafting the Act and the court rules for the Act.
Lenich has made two other presentations about the Act, one at the Annual Meeting of the Nebraska State Bar Association in La Vista on October 13, 2021 (“An Expedited Discussion of the Expedited Civil Actions Act”) and the other at Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys Seminar in Omaha on December 3, 2021 (“An Overview of the Proposed Rules for Expedited Civil Actions”).