2021 Arkansas Insurance Legislation Summary: Arkansas Insurance Business Transfer Act
June 28, 2021
by Derrick W. Smith
This is the fifth article in a series of summaries of Insurance legislation from the 93rd Arkansas General Assembly. Arkansas has joined a number of states in enacting legislation meant to allow an insurer to transfer blocks of business to another insurer without the need for individual…
Federally Permitted Releases/CERCLA: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether a Clean Air Act Permit Notification Qualifies
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) in a June 21st Opinion interpreted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) or (“Superfund”) phrase “federally permitted releases.” See Clean Air Council v. United States Steel…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Clarke County Sawmill Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and NSSG Holdings, LLC, (“NSSG”) entered into a June 4th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. The CO provides that NSSG is the owner and/or operator of a sawmill facility (“Facility”) in Clarke County…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Monticello Industrial Sawmill Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Interfor U.S. Inc. (“Interfor”) entered into a June 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System…
Supreme Court Protects Off-Campus Speech of Public School Student
June 25, 2021
by Devin R. Bates
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 23, 2021 that a public high school student’s off-campus social media postings in which she used vulgar language and disparaged school programs constituted protected speech under the First Amendment. This decision signals the Court’s willingness to protect…