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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Little Rock District) (“Corps”) issued a November 6th Public Notice (“Notice”) regarding a Section 404 Clean Water Act application by Schaefers Brothers Farm. The application requests authorization for the...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Campbell & Mance Resources, LLC (“CMR”) entered into a Consent Order addressing alleged violations of a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) General Construction...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Tennessee Secretary of the Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued an October 24th proposed Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Lhoist North America of Tennessee, Inc. (“LNATI”) for alleged violations of an air permit. See...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Superior Court of Connecticut (Judicial District of Hartford) (“Court”) addressed in a September 30th opinion certain issues arising in an asbestos exposure case. See Julian Poce, et al., v. O&G Industries, Inc., et al., 2019 WL 5295545. The...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

Recently, we informed our readers about a new law making it more difficult to classify independent contractors as such. Unfortunately, that was just the tip of the iceberg. A number of additional new employment-related bills recently signed into...By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

The NLRB under the current administration continues to issue decisions that factor in legitimate business considerations of employers when evaluating rules that are alleged to restrict employee protections under the NLRA....By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an October 7th news release stating it cited Liberty Casting Company (“Liberty”) for certain alleged violations. Liberty is stated to operate a Delaware, Ohio foundry....By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced in a September 27th news release it has implemented what it denominates the “OSHA Weighting System” (“OWS”). The OWS is being implemented for fiscal year (FY) 2020....By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

Spoiler Alert – unless you regularly deal with collective bargaining agreements you may find this a tad wonky. The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) recently fashioned a new, business-friendly standard for determining when an...By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

A recent Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion should serve as a reminder to Arkansas businesses that the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) (the federal governmental agency responsible for enforcing U.S. labor law in relation to collective...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,