Alert
Published 09/23/2021
By Melissa A. Clarke
Services Environmental
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Signs Executive Order Allowing Extended Rule-Making Deadlines at NJDEP to Expire and Setting Deadlines for Soil and Fill Recycling Activities and A-901 Licensing Executive Order (EO) 263 , effective September 17, 2021, provides for the expiration of extensions of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) rule-making deadlines that were instituted in EO 127 (2020) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. EO 127 provided an extension for any rules or emergency rules that would have otherwise expired during the public health emergency for 90 days following...
Article
Published 09/22/2021
Services Appellate
Alert
Published 09/21/2021
Services Antitrust | Corporate | Securities Transactions and Regulations
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently fined the CEO of Capital One Financial Corp. $637,950 for completing the acquisition of Capital One voting securities via an option exercise without making a filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR). HSR requires persons acquiring voting securities (or assets, or non-corporate interests) of a certain size, and which also meet other thresholds, to file a Premerger Notification Form (HSR Filing) with the FTC and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) 30 days before such an acquisition. If the 30-day waiting...
Blog Post
Published 09/15/2021
By Lisa M. Koblin
Blog Post
Published 09/14/2021
By Jason Tremblay, Ruth A. Rauls, Kevin M. Levy
Alert
Published 09/13/2021
By Bruce D. Armon and Samantha R. Gross
Industries Health Care
On September 10, 2021, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the twentieth settlement of an enforcement action under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative (the “Initiative”). The Initiative is an OCR enforcement priority under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule to support individuals’ right to timely access their health records at a reasonable cost. What You Need to Know : OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access Initiative remains an enforcement priority for the Biden Administration. HIPAA-...
Podcast episode
Published 09/13/2021
In this episode, host Jonathan Havens, co-chair of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Cannabis Law Practice and of the firm’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness (FBA) Practice, speaks with Ken VandeVrede, CEO of Hillview, a New Jersey-based cannabis company that has developed a portfolio of ethical, forward-thinking cannabis brands, including fast-growing hemp-infused seltzer product Kaló. Ken talks about his family’s commercial agricultural background that led him to first get involved in the cannabis space in 2010 and how he seized on the hemp product opportunities coming out of the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill. Ken addresses the challenges of the federal and state regulatory framework and how, because the landscape is always evolving, he wants his products and company to be very nimble, specifically with their product labels. Jonathan and Ken also discuss the upcoming launch of Hillview’s new Kaló THC product in certain markets and how, in some ways, specific state-based regulations make it easier to produce a THC-infused beverage than a hemp-infused or a CBD-infused beverage.
Blog Post
Published 09/09/2021
By James Rohlfing
Article
Published 09/08/2021
Industries K-12 Schools
Article
Published 09/03/2021
Industries Real Estate
Services Real Estate Litigation
Alert
Published 09/03/2021
Services Employee Benefits and ERISA Litigation
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to: (1) whether a state statute prohibiting discretionary authority in disability benefit plans applies to non-state residents; (2) how a court may weigh multiple denials and reversals of denials in determining whether a claim administrator acted arbitrarily and capriciously; (3) whether a plan may be penalized for procedural conduct after remand for a review of benefit determination; (4) how benefit payments are calculated according to the terms of a benefits plan; and (5) whether a plaintiff counsel’s demand letter satisfies or excuses the...
Blog Post
Published 09/02/2021
By Jeffrey S. Glaser
Alert
Published 09/01/2021
By Mark Simpson and Patricia Varona Garcia
Services Intellectual Property
Around the world businesses have become more aware of the value and benefits of a U.S. trademark registration, particularly in view of the increase in e-commerce resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of a U.S. trademark registration has caused a large uptick in trademark filings over the past year. As reported by the United States Patent Office (USPTO) as of June 17, 2021 there was a 63 percent increase over the previous year in trademark applications from both U.S. and foreign applicants. What You Need to Know : U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is expanding its investigative...
Article
Published 08/31/2021
Industries Construction
Videos
Published 08/31/2021
Services : Emerging Company and Entrepreneur Services
Condominium and community associations have many challenges day to day, but none are as disturbing or vexing as the hoarder. Management typically becomes aware of a hoarder when the living conditions begin to affect other unit owners, whether by leaks, insect infestations, or foul odors in the common elements. Once the hoarder is discovered, management and the board must deal with the problem, typically through informal warnings or through the notice of violation, hearing and fining process. But then what happens when the board still cannot obtain compliance with the instruments? In this...
Article
Published 08/30/2021
By Joel M. Hurwitz
Industries Real Estate
Services Real Estate Finance
Joel Hurwitz, of Counsel in the Firm's Real Estate Practice, co-authored a Chapter in the 2021 edition of Commercial Real Estate Financing and Transactional Issues published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education on August 30, 2021. The title of the Chapter is Commercial Real Estate Transactions - The Mortgage Lender's Perspective. To purchase a copy of the book, click here .