On April 17, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a new set of highly anticipated proposed regulations for Opportunity Zones. The newly released set of proposed regulations provides additional guidance and addresses issues that were brought to the attention of the IRS after ...
On March 25, 2019 the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) issued a Statewide Directive, Information Request and Notice to Insurers (“Directive”) putting eight entities on notice due to the NJDEP’s belief that these companies are ...
On March 18, 2019, Governor Murphy signed the Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act. This act allows towns and counties to create municipal stormwater utilities, which would impose fees on property owners to pay for upgrades to local stormwater infrastructure. The intended purpose of ...
This week, Governor Phil Murphy signed an amendment to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) adopted by the New Jersey legislature earlier this year. The amendment bars certain provisions in employment contracts and settlement agreements between employees and ...
On February 25, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in Rotkiske v. Klemm, Case No. 16-1668. The plaintiff there, Kevin Rotkiske, filed suit in June 2015, arguing that the defendant debt collectors violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in ...
On February 19, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law an amendment to the New Jersey Family Leave Act, the New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act, and the New Jersey Family Leave Insurance Benefits Law. This employer alert highlights notable aspects of the amendment.
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The New Jersey Assembly and Senate have approved a bill titled the Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act[1], which is designed to reduce flooding and water pollution. If enacted, this bill would allow counties and municipalities to create stormwater utilities, which will have the ...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the new minimum wage law yesterday. The law provides for staggered increases in the minimum wage until it reaches $15 per hour on January 1, 2024. The initial increase will take effect on July 1, 2019, when the minimum wage will be set at $10 per hour. Six ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2019 federal guidelines for how much money the spouses of institutionalized Medicaid recipients may keep, as well as related Medicaid figures.
In 2019, the spouse of a Medicaid recipient living in a nursing home (called the ...
An important window of opportunity for wind energy developers is closing fast. Specifically, the federal government’s renewable energy production tax credit (“PTC”) expires on December 31, 2019.
The PTC is an inflation-adjusted, per-kilowatt-hour tax credit for electricity ...