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The Chartwell Chronicles: Occupational Exposure Claims
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Patient Steering and Charting
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A Close Look at the Justice Department’s Settlement with Meta (Formerly Facebook) to Resolve Alleged Fair Housing Act Violations Arising from Meta’s Targeted Advertising System
Settlement and Mediation Strategy
An Overview of South Carolina Workers' Compensation
An Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation
Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
No Harbor is Limitless: Restrictions of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute's Safe Harbor Provisions
Episode 149 -- A Deep Dive into Alexion's SEC Settlement for FCPA Violations
Developments in New York State Labor and Employment Law – What You Need to Know in 2020
DOL Sets Enforcement Records Again - Employment Law This Week® - Trending News
Jones Day Presents: Large Business & International Examination Strategies: Fast Track Settlements
A recent enforcement action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) highlights the perils of incorrectly categorizing marine fuels under EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and Diesel Fuel programs. Indeed, EPA's...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and LEI, Inc. (“LEI”) entered into a Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressed alleged violations of certain hazardous waste regulations. See SA-HE-23-0086....more
California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (the Board) have reached a $46 million agreement with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. to settle alleged violations of California’s engine...more
The Biden Administration’s embrace of a “whole of government” approach to address environmental justice (EJ) issues occasioned litigation across the country. One of the hottest series of disputes has been the tag-team...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Brookfield District Energy (“Brookfield”) entered into a Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See SA-AE-230053. ...more
On November 29, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Dave Yost and Governor Mark DeWine announced a proposed $110 million settlement with Du Pont De Nemours and Co. and The Chemours Company over alleged chemical contamination from...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Angelle Concrete Group, LLC (“ACG”) entered into a Settlement Agreement (“Settlement”) addressing alleged wastewater and air permit violations. See Settlement...more
Future federal environmental settlements are likely to include more creative remedies to address the impacts of violations on communities, thanks to recent policy changes at the US Department of Justice (DOJ)....more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (“Gulf South”) entered into a Settlement to address alleged air permit violations. See Settlement Tracking No. SA-AE-21-0032....more
On Friday, U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division withdrew nine memoranda and policy documents issued by the previous administration related to environmental enforcement. Among those were...more
Companies should be aware that Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs)—voluntary environmental or public health benefit projects in lieu of payment of civil penalties for violation of federal environmental laws—will no...more
Somewhat lost amidst all the (well deserved) COVID-19 pandemic news that comes out daily, is a decision by the Justice Department regarding the settlement of environmental enforcement cases that will likely have profound...more
In 2015, when confronted with a United States Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Violation of the Clean Air Act, Volkswagen admitted to installing defeat devices in the diesel engine software of approximately 500,000...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training publishes an environmental Case Crimes Bulletin (“Bulletin”) that summarizes publicized investigative activity...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Continental Paving, Inc. (“Continental”) entered into a June 7 Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Spill...more
Section 162(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code), as amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA), limits the federal income tax deductibility of certain payments made to a government or governmental entity,...more
Stuart Spencer of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) undertook a presentation at the March meeting of the Arkansas Bar Association Environmental Law Section titled: Volkswagen Settlement –...more
Volume is a great teacher. Nothing could have fully prepared me for the bench even though I tried many cases in private practice and spent a great deal of time in the courthouse. The sheer number of cases and the decisions...more
On April 3, 2018, Susan Bodine, Assistant Administrator of U.S. EPA’s Office of Enforcement Assurance and Compliance Assistance (OECA), issued an internal memorandum titled “The Appropriate Use of Compliance Tools in Civil...more
Let’s take a look at what President Trump has done for the oil industry in his first year (This is not about decorum, dossiers, tweets, or Oprah’s inauguration.) As in the past I refer to sources whose opinions and insights...more
Following closely on the heels of Dollar General’s hazardous waste settlement (about which we reported in our April, 19, 2017 blog post), another discount retailer has been held to account in a big way for its failure to...more