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Illinois Pollution Control Board Continues Environmental Rulemaking & Decisions
Published Date: February 27, 2016
Yesterday, the Illinois Pollution Control Board published its January 2016 Environmental Register, which summarizes the Board’s actions with regard to rulemaking and decisions in environmental lawsuits. The Board remains very active on the regulatory front regarding water pollution, especially concerning the public water supply and surface water discharges. The Environmental Register also trumpets the Second District Court of Appeals’ ruling [...] Read More
New Law #1: Waiver of Utility Deposit Requirements for Domestic Abuse Victims
Published Date: February 9, 2016
Concluding our countdown of new Illinois environmental laws that took effect on January 1, 2016 is Public Act 99-0420, which requires that utilities waive deposit requirements on new accounts for 60 days for documented domestic abuse victims. The new law amends the Public Utilities Act by adding Section 8-201.6, 220 ILCS 5/8-201.6, which requires that utilities “shall defer the utility’s [...] Read More
P&A Opens Three Texas offices: Austin, Dallas and Houston
Published Date: January 31, 2016
Peckar & Abramson, P.C. is pleased to announce the opening of three Texas offices in Austin, Dallas and Houston, along with the addition of 9 leading construction law attorneys. The Texas team, consisting of some of the state’s foremost construction litigators, will enhance the firm's construction, commercial, real estate and surety law practice in Texas, as well as its national [...] Read More
The Role of Anonymous Complaints In the Workplace In Ordering Psychological Fitness-For-Duty Examinations
Published Date: January 26, 2016
A newly published decision from New Jersey's intermediate level appellate court answers a question of first impression in New Jersey: under what circumstances should an employer order a psychological fitness-for-duty examination for an employee based upon a co-worker's complaints or suspicions? Yesterday, in In the Matter of Paul Williams et al., the Court considered the issue of whether an employer's [...] Read More
Frank M. Rapoport Quoted in Law360
Published Date: January 23, 2016
Frank M. Rapoport was quoted as an expert source in a story that ran in Law360 on January 14, 2016 regarding New York state’s $100 billion in budgeted capital investments for infrastructure upgrades. Since New York has not yet enacted legislation for public-private-partnerships (P3s), Rapoport suggested that Governor Cuomo’s advisers will be looking at how are they going to come [...] Read More
