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Posts from February 2019.
SCOTUS to Review Third Circuit Ruling Concerning Tolling of FDCPA Claims

On February 25, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in Rotkiske v. Klemm, Case No. 16-1668. The plaintiff there, Kevin Rotkiske, filed suit in June 2015, arguing that the defendant debt collectors violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in ...

New Jersey Extends Leave Laws and Family Leave Insurance Benefits

On February 19, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law an amendment to the New Jersey Family Leave Act, the New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act, and the New Jersey Family Leave Insurance Benefits Law.  This employer alert highlights notable aspects of the amendment.

  • New ...
When it Rains it Pours: NJ Considers Enacting "Rain Tax"

The New Jersey Assembly and Senate have approved a bill titled the Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act[1], which is designed to reduce flooding and water pollution. If enacted, this bill would allow counties and municipalities to create stormwater utilities, which will have the ...

New Jersey Enacts $15 Minimum Wage

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the new minimum wage law yesterday. The law provides for staggered increases in the minimum wage until it reaches $15 per hour on January 1, 2024. The initial increase will take effect on July 1, 2019, when the minimum wage will be set at $10 per hour. Six ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2019 federal guidelines for how much money the spouses of institutionalized Medicaid recipients may keep, as well as related Medicaid figures.

In 2019, the spouse of a Medicaid recipient living in a nursing home (called the ...

The Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Is Still Available, But Not For Long

An important window of opportunity for wind energy developers is closing fast.  Specifically, the federal government’s renewable energy production tax credit (“PTC”) expires on December 31, 2019.

The PTC is an inflation-adjusted, per-kilowatt-hour tax credit for electricity ...

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