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The Honorable Patricia K. Costello and Shirley U. Emehelu will conduct a Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Program, Inc. (“PALS”) virtual CLE workshop on Tuesday, August 11, from 6:00 – 7:00 PM. The program entitled, “Leaping 3 Common Hurdles,” will provide career development skills for attorneys including effective communication with colleagues, adversaries and judges; the ethics underlying the partner-associate relationship; and virtual/in-person courtroom etiquette and protocol. Panelists will also address specific questions and concerns following the presentation.  

CSG's Michelle A. Schaap will join Ondrej Krehel, CEO and Founder of LIFARS, LLC, and Roota Almeida, CISO with Delta Dental of New Jersey and Connecticut, on Wednesday, July 29, from 3:00 – 3:45 PM EDT for a virtual discussion around strategy and best practices in the face of the current escalated legal and cyber threat landscape.  

Michelle A. Schaap participated in the International Safety Equipment Association's 2020 Summit Series on Wednesday, July 15. The webinar entitled, "Connected Workers: The Legal and Regulatory Landscape,” covered digital technologies that better connect workers with their occupational environment for productivity, safety and quality gains.  

Francis J. Giantomasi and Bozena M. Diaz were featured in a Real Estate NJ article discussing the state of New Jersey's Opportunity Zone marketplace in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as recent steps taken by the Internal Revenue Service to sustain the program's momentum and investors' appetite for 1031 exchanges as an alternative amid the uncertainty.  

Christopher R. Paldino was featured in a COMMERCE Magazine editorial roundtable posing the question to legal leaders across the State, "How are you advising clients to avoid legal risks during the pandemic? Strategies? Best practices?"  

Jenny Chung, Associate with CSG's Litigation Group and President of the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey, was featured in a New Jersey Law Journal article discussing measures law firms can adopt to achieve a more equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace.   

On June 29, 2020, the EPA issued a memo notifying applicable members of the regulated community that effective August 31, 2020, it is terminating the temporary policy suspending certain monitoring and reporting requirements.

On April 6, 2020, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") proposed substantial changes to the Remediation Standards at N.J.A.C. 7:26D, promulgated under the Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10B-1 et seq. ("Brownfield Act"). The proposal seeks to amend the existing Remediation Standards in a number of ways, many of which have potential for significant impacts on ongoing and future remediation in the state. The following is a brief discussion of some, but not all, of the changes that NJDEP proposes.

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