Environmental Reporting: Federal Court Addresses Employee First Amendment/Public Employer Retaliation Claim
A United States District Court (M.D. Fla.) (“Court”) addressed a Motion to Dismiss related to a First Amendment employment retaliation case. See Chustz v. City of Marco Island, 2019 WL 277705. The Court’s January 22nd opinion discusses litigation involving an employee who alleged his termination…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks – January 30, 2019, Meeting
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks meets monthly…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Florence, Alabama, Tile Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Monarch Ceramic Tile, Inc., (“Monarch”) entered into a January 8th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the ADEM Admin. Code related to hazardous waste. See Consent Order No. 19-XXX-CHW. Monarch is stated to own and…
Saving America's Pastime Means Not Paying Minor League Players
In 2018, Congress passed the “Save America’s Pastime Act” (introduced as H.R. 5580) to exempt minor league players from the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act “FLSA.” While it was tucked away in a voluminous omnibus spending bill, the Save America’s Pastime Act specifically targeted minor…
Texas Legislative Committees on Insurance Appointed
January 24, 2019
by Burnie Burner
The Lt. Governor, as presiding officer of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have made their committee appointments. The two committees which will be responsible for most insurance related legislation this session are the Senate Business & Commerce Committee and the House…