LINCOLN- As a result of several multi-state lawsuits against giant consumer companies like Google and Walmart, the State of Nebraska has raked in nearly $20 million in settlement funds. There is much debate surrounding who will allocate the settlement funds, with some believing it will be the Nebraska Legislature, and others thinking it will be Nebraska's Attorney General.

Attempting to sort out which Google and Walmart customers will receive the funds, according to former Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, will be an "administrative nightmare." Because of this, Bruning, now in private practice, suggests that Nebraska should send out settlement packages to local governments and let them decide what to do with the funds.

"It's much easier to send a block of money to the state and let it figure out how it should be used," he said. Plus, Bruning went on to state, dividing the settlement would make for some very small checks to many Walmart and Google customers. A spokeswoman for the Nebraska Attorney General's Office said that settlement agreements, as well as state law, often dictate where the money should go and how exactly it will be used.

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