In recent years, the U.S. federal and state government, as well as governments around the world, have sought to control greenhouse gas emissions by imposing tighter limits on permissible emissions levels for cars, trucks, and other products that use fossil...

By: Laurie E. Leader EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, BENDER’S LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BULLETIN Everyone agrees that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we work. Even as pandemic numbers wane, employers have continued to allow remote work schedules and hybrid...

Form provided by Jim Wagstaffe and the Wagstaffe group. This memorandum (also called a litigation hold notice or simply a litigation hold) notifies a client’s relevant employees of their duty to preserve and ensures that the client meets its legal...

By: Jim Wagstaffe , The Wagstaffe Group COURTS HAVE INHERENT POWER TO ENFORCE SETTLEMENTS between the parties in cases pending before them. 1 However, courts have no inherent power to enforce settlement agreements after a case has been dismissed: “Enforcement...

By: Mark A. Chertok and Elizabeth Knauer This article discusses considerations for developers contemplating the purchase or development of real property that contains or is likely to contain regulated wetlands. The presence of regulated wetlands on...