In a move much anticipated by the real estate, environmental, financial, and business communities, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) released this week its Release-Based Cleanup Regulations (PR2024-025) to replace the much maligned Connecticut Transfer Act Continue Reading
Massachusetts Releases Emergency Guidelines Concerning MBTA Communities Act Zoning
Massachusetts’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) issued emergency guidelines for the implementation and enforcement of the MBTA Communities Act, following on the heels of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s much anticipated January 8 ruling holding that the Act Continue Reading
Governor Murphy’s 2025 State of the State Address
Yesterday, Governor Phil Murphy delivered his annual State of the State Address, outlining an ambitious agenda aimed at securing economic opportunity and strengthening New Jersey’s future. Murphy is in his final year of office after serving two consecutive terms. The Governor expressed confidence Continue Reading
New Jersey Statutory Year-End Review
Compared to previous years, the New Jersey Legislature passed a limited number of statutes impacting health care in 2024. It was a slow start to 2024, but activity picked up in the last six months of the calendar year. Once again, the Legislature waited until the last minute to extend parity rates Continue Reading
2025 Updates to US Merger Filing Thresholds, Filing Fees, and Interlocking Directorate Exemptions
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 10, 2025, increased reporting thresholds for transactions. Annually, the FTC reviews and adjusts the premerger notification reporting thresholds for reporting acquisitions of voting securities, assets, or noncorporate interests (each a Continue Reading
Deadline to File Claims in Landmark NIL Settlement is Approaching
On October 7, 2024, a federal judge granted preliminary approval to the $2.78 billion settlement that will cap the amount of money National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) schools can spend in compensation for the use of student athletes’ name, image, likeness. The settlement calls for total Continue Reading
FTC Imposes Record $5.6M ‘Gun Jumping’ Fine
Crude oil producers XCL Resources Holdings, LLC (XCL), Verdun Oil Company II LLC (Verdun), and EP Energy LLC (EP) have agreed to pay a $5.6 million civil penalty to settle violations under Section 7A of the Clayton Act, as amended (commonly referred to as the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Continue Reading
Delaware Law Update 2024 Year in Review
Our Delaware Corporate, LLC and Partnership Law attorneys closely follow the opinions coming from Delaware’s Supreme Court and Court of Chancery. Our 2024 Year in Review is a collection of brief summaries of selected cases concerning Delaware Corporate, LLC and Partnership Law. Our summaries are Continue Reading
Nursing Home Update
The federal government has made a variety of changes to federal requirements aimed at improving the quality of care at long-term care facilities across the country. In May 2024, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized and published the contentious Nursing Home Continue Reading
Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Amendments: Not Too Soon to Take Stock
On January 6, 2025 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a Proposed Rule (90 FR 898) to strengthen the HIPAA Security Rule and afford greater cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI). The Proposed Rule is in response to increasing reliance on Continue Reading