APRIL 14, 2020 UPDATE: Survey of State Insurance Department COVID-19 Regulatory Actions
As a growing number of auto insurers announce premium relief for policyholders regulators are responding by publicly praising the decisions. Guidance is being provided on how to ensure such actions comply with state insurance anti-rebating laws. Regulators also continue to develop and update…
COVID-19 Guidance: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Addressed Site Fieldwork/Remediation
Environmental agencies have begun considering the impact of COVID-19 on various investigation, site fieldwork and remediation activities. Current examples include guidance issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection…
Condemnation/Landfill: New Jersey Appellate Court Anaylzes Just Compensation Award
Co-Author: Luke E. Vance The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (“Court”) addressed in an April 9th Opinion issues related to the condemnation of a landfill. See New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority v. Town of Kearney, 2020 WL 1802844 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Apr. 9, 2020)…
Northwest Arkansas/Eastern Oklahoma Water Quality: Illinois River Watershed Partnership Announces Online Learning Center
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) announced what it describes as an Online Learning Center. IRWP states that for the next four weeks it will: . . . be presenting the most pressing topics to our local water quality in Northwest Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma. The IRWP indicates…
PSD Guidance/Clean Air Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether Document Constitutes Final Agency Action
Co-Author: Austin Reed The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“Court”) addressed whether a guidance document issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) constituted final agency action for purposes of judicial review. See Sierra Club v. EPA, No. 18-1167…