Application of Open Public Records Act to Electronic Data
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...
“Fundamental Environmental Law for the New Jersey Business Lawyer”, New Jersey Lawyer, October 2014
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...
“New Legal Tools for Redevelopment,” October 2014, New Jersey League of Municipalities – a NJLM Educational Foundation
“Court Overturns EPA Mixing Zone and Blending Rules Calls EPA Position Orwellian Newspeak”, The Authority View, Spring/Summer 2014
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...
“New Legal Tools for Redevelopment,” Friends of Local Government Policy Paper Series, Volume 6, Number 1, April 2014
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...
“New Legal Tools for Redevelopment,” Friends of Local Government Policy Paper Series – Volume 6, Number 1 – April 2014, New Jersey League of Municipalities – Education Foundation, Inc.
Co-Author, New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook, 8th Ed., April 2014
“Deadline for Completion of Remedial Investigation Extended,” MFH Legal Update, January 30, 2014
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...
“Deadline Quickly Approaching for Completion of Remedial Investigation,” New Jersey Law Journal, August 12, 2013 and Community Builders and Remodelers Association, On Site, October 2013
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,...
“Statute of Limitations Applies to Spill Act Contribution Claims,” MFH Legal Update, October 2013
Legal Update At long last, the Court has determined that a statute of limitations does, in fact, apply to contribution claims brought under the New Jersey Spill Compensation & Control Act (the "Spill Act"). Prior to this determination, parties responsible for...