December 5, 2023 Jill Hyman Kaplan, Esq. and Brandon P. Matsnev, Esq. MGKF Newsflash As of January 1, 2015, employers must report to OSHA, within 24 hours after occurrence, an “in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee’s amputation or an employee’s loss of an eye, as a […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed updates to the Safer Choice Standard on November 13, 2023. According to the November 14, 2023, notice, the proposed changes include a name change to the Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) Standard (Standard), an update to the packaging criteria, […]
November 21, 2023 Brielle A. Brown MGKF Litigation Blog On November 1st, 2023, in a split 4-1 opinion with a dissent, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court held that Pennsylvania cannot participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“RGGI”) because the regulations intended to implement RGGI pursuant to the Air Pollution Control […]
On November 24, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule that will amend the regulations for decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) and phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) (PIP (3:1)), two of the five persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals addressed in final rules issued under the Toxic Substances Control […]
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq. The Takings Clause of the United States Constitution and court cases since Pennsylvania Coal v. Mahon (1922) are a check on governmental power which the Due Process and Contracts Clauses used to serve. That Supreme Court decision has transcended its original relevance (on compensation for […]