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Day One, Wednesday, April 9 11:30am – 12:30pm: All of the Above Energy Options -Pipelines, Power Plants, and Solar Arrays – Development and Permitting in Pennsylvania Pamela S. Goodwin, Esq. 4:00pm – 5:00pm: Enforcement of Environmental Crimes from the Prosecution and Defense Perspective Justin C...
Pamela Goodwin will be a panelist at the ABA's 54th Spring Conference on Environmental Law on March 28, 2025, in Philadelphia. The topic that Pamela and her co-panelists will be discussing is " Cooperative Federalism or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bureaucracy —Water Regulation...
The Trump administration has declared March 12, 2025, as “the greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in the history of the United States.” United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Lee Zeldin, issued various press releases (linked on our Environmental Executive...
One mandate under the PPACA [1] required health care providers, non-grandfathered health insurance issuers and self-insured group health plans to provide consumers with access to information about the cost of services before they receive care (“Transparency in Coverage” or “TiC”). During his first...
On February 25, 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued an interim final rule [1] rescinding its regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The CEQ’s action, in response to President Trump’s Unleashing American Energy Executive Order, [2] comes fifty-six years...
In the prior article we discussed the reasoning behind creation of a health and welfare committee to oversee administration of the health and welfare plans. In creating a charter, a plan sponsor will need to decide whether to include a work plan as an exhibit to that charter as a general guide to...
Following the flurry of regulatory guidance and informal comments from officials at the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and other agencies of the Federal government, health and welfare plans should be a primary focus for plan sponsors in the upcoming year. Designating a Committee or...
In October 2024, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that would amend its site remediation rules to codify and implement provisions of the legislation known as SRRA 2.0, which became effective on August 23, 2019. Most notably...
Thomas Cryan, a Partner at Saul Ewing LLP, will speak at the 59th Annual Southern Federal Tax Institute in Atlanta, Georgia. Hot Topics in Employment Taxes and Fringe Benefits This presentation will provide an overview of how the IRS computes employment tax liabilities during an audit and the...
WASHINGTON, DC, (JULY 31, 2024) – Saul Ewing LLP is expanding its Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice with two attorneys, Partner Thomas Cryan in the Washington, D.C. office and Counsel Katelyn Winslow in the Philadelphia office. Together, they bring clients 35 years of experience...
Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to developments during the second quarter of 2024. If you would like to discuss...
The Clean Air Act (“CAA”) envisions states and the federal government working together to improve air quality. Under the CAA, states must develop State Implementation Plans (“SIPs”) to implement National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”) set by the EPA. The EPA can reject a SIP and impose its...
On June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the United States Supreme Court reversed its 40-year-old decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, thereby restoring the judiciary’s final authority to interpret statutes, a powerful check on administrative agency authority...
On June 24, the Supreme Court granted certiorari review in a case with serious implications for those seeking federal permits which, in turn, require environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). NEPA is the most litigated federal environmental statute, and a...
Every year, over 100 of New Jersey’s most prominent environmental attorneys gather for the Environmental Law Forum, a three-day, in-depth review of the latest developments and practice concerns in environmental law. This year is no exception as the Environmental Law Forum heads to the lovely ICONA...
American consumers are increasingly seeking environmentally friendly “green” products. In response, companies employ “green” marketing to advertise the purported environmental benefits of their products. But what companies believe their green claims mean and how consumers interpret those claims may...
On May 1, the Council on Environmental Quality — a White House agency charged with implementing the National Environmental Policy Act — issued a new final rule purportedly aimed at streamlining NEPA reviews to speed up the construction of renewable energy and other electricity-related infrastructure...
On Friday, April 19, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act...