In recent months, New York and New Jersey have both technically legalized the commercial cultivation and sale of recreational marijuana within each respective state. Along with this new legal landscape will come a flurry of regulations directing the means by
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Biden Administration Blows More Fresh Air Into NJ’s Offshore Wind Program
On Monday, March 29th, the Biden administration announced a plan that would greatly expand the use of offshore wind power along much of the East Coast. The plan would designate an area between Long Island and New Jersey as a…
Supplemental Environmental Projects Revived
Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) are projects included in enforcement settlements that provide environmental or public health benefits related to the violations being resolved. SEPs have been used as an element of federal environmental settlements since the 1980s. Regulators like that…
Biometric Data Protection Laws – Coming to a Jurisdiction Near You
Companies are becoming increasingly aware of the reach of biometric privacy laws, which are designed to protect an individual‘s biometric identifiers or biometric information (“biometric data”), such as fingerprints, voiceprints, hand scans, and face geometry. Since the Illinois Biometric Information…
New Brownfields Redevelopment Incentive Programs in New Jersey
The State of New Jersey continues its support of revitalizing brownfields with the enactment of the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020, P.L. 2020, c. 156, which was signed into law by Governor Murphy on January 7, 2021 (the…
First, There Was The New York Shield Act, and Now… The New York Biometric Privacy Act?
On January 6, 2021, the proposed Biometric Privacy Act (the “Act”) was introduced to the New York State legislature. If adopted as drafted, the Act will require:
- Any private entity that “possesses”¹ any biometric identifiers and/or information² (or “biometric data”)
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What Real Estate Developers Need to Know About the 2020 New Jersey Brownfields Tax Credit
On January 7, 2021, New Jersey Governor Murphy signed the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020. P.L. 2020 c. 156. Included within the statute is the Brownfields Redevelopment Incentive Program Act. This section of the law creates a tax…
The SolarWinds Breach: What We Know Now and What Businesses Can Do to Protect Themselves
Earlier this month, we learned that the SolarWinds Orion Platform software builds for versions 2019.4 HF 5 through 2020.2.1*, released between March 2020 and June 2020, were compromised by an advanced persistent threat actor (or APT). The perpetrators of…
More Proactive Attorney Generals May Mean More Fines for Companies that Do Not Have a Security Program
For those businesses located in the State of New Jersey, the state does not (yet) have proactive legislation in place requiring businesses to take “reasonable” measures to protect personal information of residents. However, if you have customers and/or personnel from…
CISA, FBI and HHS Warn of Imminent Ransomware Threat to Hospitals and Healthcare Providers
On October 29, 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned of an increased, imminent threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers. The agencies…