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Four rules every Nebraska page has to respect

Section 3-507.1, nothing false or misleading. Under Nebraska's rules on information about legal services, a communication is false or misleading if it contains a material misrepresentation of fact or law, or omits a fact needed to keep the statement as a whole from misleading. Comment [3] says a truthful report of past results may mislead if it leads a reasonable person to expect the same results for others, and that a disclaimer or qualifying language may prevent that finding. An AI answer that lifts the figure and leaves the qualifier behind is the version a reader sees.

Section 3-507.2(c), who is responsible. Any communication under the rule must include the name and office address of at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for its content. Naming the attorney near the answer keeps the firm identifiable in the passage an assistant reads.

Section 3-507.3(c), targeted solicitations. Covered solicitations must include "This is an advertisement" on the envelope, at the beginning and end of recorded or electronic messages, and in the subject line of an email. A practice page is not one, but a follow-up email to a named prospect can be.

Section 3-507.4, certification. A lawyer may say the lawyer does or does not practice in particular fields, and patent and admiralty designations are allowed. Under 3-507.4(d), a lawyer may not state or imply certification as a specialist unless certified by an organization approved by an appropriate state authority or accredited by the ABA, with the organization clearly named.

Filing and review

Sections 3-507.2 and 3-507.3 do not require a Nebraska firm to file its website or advertisements for review. Responsibility sits with the lawyer, which is why an attorney at the firm approves every page we deliver.

Where Nebraska lawyers should look on AI

Nebraska ethics opinions come from the Lawyers' Advisory Committee, whose members the Nebraska Supreme Court appoints. We could not verify a Nebraska ethics opinion on generative AI, so Nebraska lawyers should look to ABA Formal Opinion 512, "Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools," issued July 29, 2024. It covers competence, confidentiality, client communication, candor, supervision, and fees, and its main text does not address marketing.

Your pages answer to sections 3-507.1 through 3-507.4 whoever drafts them. Our answer on whether lawyers can use AI to write website content covers how that applies in practice.

Nebraska questions need Nebraska answers

National content tends to send estates to "probate court" and divorces to a single family court. The Nebraska Judicial Branch overview describes a different structure. Small claims, probate, guardianship, conservatorship, adoption, and municipal ordinance cases go to the county courts, which also share jurisdiction with the district courts in some divorce cases.

Nebraska also has three separate juvenile courts, in Douglas, Lancaster, and Sarpy counties. In the remaining counties, the county courts hear juvenile matters. The overview says the separate juvenile courts also have jurisdiction in domestic relations cases where the care, support, or custody of minor children is at issue. A custody page written for Omaha and one written for a rural county should not read the same.

Nebraska markets

Our market guide covers the courts and questions specific to the Omaha area:

• Omaha

Omaha sits in Douglas County, one of the three counties with a separate juvenile court, so its family law pages carry facts that pages for most of the state do not.

What we build for Nebraska firms

• Practice-area pages written to sections 3-507.1 to 3-507.4, with results and their qualifiers kept together
• County pages only where you take clients, naming the county, district, or juvenile court that hears the matter
• Answer posts for the questions Nebraska clients ask, each linked to the right practice page

For elder law firms, guardianship and conservatorship sit in county court, a detail generic pages miss. For family law firms, the separate juvenile courts change where some custody questions go. For workers' compensation firms, Nebraska's Workers' Compensation Court has six judges with statewide jurisdiction.

Neighboring states

If you take clients from across a state line, each page should say which state's law it explains and where your attorneys are licensed. The Iowa guide matters most for the Omaha area. The Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado guides cover the other borders.

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