NL Industries, Inc. vs. State of New Jersey By: Joanne Vos, Esq. and Nathan Orr In a case of first impression, a March 2017 New Jersey Supreme Court opinion held that the State cannot be held liable in a suit for contribution under the New Jersey Spill Compensation...

Application of Open Public Records Act to Electronic Data by Christine Placide, Esq. This memorandum addresses the application of the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) to electronic data included in government documents. This memorandum will explain the implications of...

Business law and environmental law are such divergent areas of practice that one might think they are mutually exclusive. However, due to the potentially significant implications that environmental laws can have upon cer­tain business deals, businesses and their...

The Iowa League of Cities (“League”) successfully challenged the policies of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding bacterial mixing zones and blending rules in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The Eighth Circuit exercises...

This is the 21st paper in NJLM Foundation’s “Friends of Local Government” Policy Paper series. This paper, is entitled, “New Legal Tools for Redevelopment.” This paper is drawn from presentations at the 2014 New Jersey Planning Conference hosted by the New Jersey...

Legal Update Last summer, certain parties that are responsible for conducting environmental cleanups in New Jersey ("RPs") were cautioned that pursuant to the Site Remediation Reform Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10C-1, et seq. ("SRRA"), outstanding remedial investigation must be...

Certain parties that are responsible for conducting environmental cleanups have recently received a compliance alert letter from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the “Department”) indicating that, pursuant to the Site Remediation Reform Act,...