Blog Post
Published 10/04/2021
By Jason Tremblay, Elizabeth Thompson
Alert
Published 10/01/2021
Services Employee Benefits and ERISA Litigation
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to implied terms in disability definitions, retrieving mistakenly paid pension payments, claims from former beneficiaries who were allegedly and improperly excluded from collecting benefits, whether a drug overdose triggers accidental death and dismemberment benefits, and personal jurisdiction issues. The Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr Employee Benefits/ERISA Litigation Team October 1, 2021 | By Amy Kline , Caitlin Strauss and Michael Joyce Sixth Circuit Grants Plan Leeway to Evaluate Definition of Disability With Implied Terms. In a recent long-...
Article
Published 09/28/2021
Services Intellectual Property | Patents
Alert
Published 09/28/2021
By Melissa A. Clarke
Services Environmental
On September 22, 2021, New Jersey Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn M. LaTourette issued an Administrative Order (AO 2021-25) setting new environmental justice-focused requirements for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to consider in assessing permit applications for facilities located in or proposed to be located in overburdened communities . These new requirements are a stopgap measure, pending NJDEP’s promulgation of regulations to implement the landmark Environmental Justice Law , N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157 (“EJ Law”). What You Need to Know : NJDEP is in...
Alert
Published 09/28/2021
Services Personal Wealth Estates and Trusts
In 2018 the gift and estate tax exemption was doubled from $5 million to $10 million (per person). The exemption is adjusted for inflation every year. In 2021 the exemption as adjusted for inflation is $11.7 million. The exemption applies to both gift tax and estate tax. It is first used against gifts made during life that exceed the annual exclusion (currently $15,000), and any remaining exemption not used against gift tax is applied against estate tax at death. In the case of a couple, each has an exemption of $11.7 million, so with the right planning a couple’s combined estate would not be...
Blog Post
Published 09/28/2021
By Gregory M. Boucher
Alert
Published 09/27/2021
By Judith B. Kassel
Industries Government Contracts
Services Labor and Employment
On September 24, 2021, The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued Guidance regarding implementation of Executive Order No. 14042 Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (“E.O.”). What you need to know : Requires most Federal contractors’ and subcontractors’ employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to perform contracts modified on or after October 15 and new contracts awarded on or after November 15. Vaccination requirement extends to employees who perform services “in connection” with Federal contracts, such as employees working in human resources, billing...
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
