In the first significant opinion to interpret New Jersey's Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act ("RULLCA"), New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled on August 2, 2016 that members of an LLC seeking to expel another member have a "high bar" to meet. In IE Test, LLC v. Carroll, 2016 WL 4086260 (N.J. Aug. 2, 2016), Justice Patterson outlined the "stringent" test [...] Read More

Lori Ann Lange, a Partner in the firms Washington, D.C. office, authored a bylined article which published on July 28, 2016 for the National Association of Surety Bond Producers entitled " SBA Expands Its Mentor-Protégé Program To All Types of Small Businesses". The article addresses the U.S. Small Business Administration final rule establishing a new and expanded mentor-protégé program for [...] Read More

Adam P. Handfinger, a partner in the firm's Miami office, authored a bylined article entitled "Construction Industry Challenged by Non-Traditional Funding" on July 21, 2016 in the Daily Business Review. The article discussed how developers of all types of projects continue to look to non-traditional, more accessible and less expensive ways to finance construction. The construction industry must recognize the [...] Read More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed changes to existing regulations governing significant new uses of chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act to align these regulations with revisions to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Hazard Communications Standard, and with changes to the OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health respirator certification requirements [...] Read More

Charles E. Williams, III, a partner in our New York office, has been selected to serve as the Adminstrator of the New York County Democratic Committee's newly formed Independent Judicial Screening Panel. The Panel will be reporting on 12 of the most highly qualified Democratic candidates for the 1 incumbent and 4 vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, [...] Read More