On June 12, 2023, Governor Murphy signed Executive Order No. 332, which lifted the requirement that healthcare settings maintain a policy requiring their workers to be up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations.

On November 23, 2020, the Appellate Division held that a law preventing a nursing home from requiring a third‑party guarantee of payment as a condition of admission.

The Office of Inspector General ("OIG") issued an advisory opinion regarding a proposed arrangement between a licensed offeror of Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance...

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") released its Outpatient Prospective Payment System ("OPPS") proposed rule for 2022...

The Federal District Court of New Jersey recently granted Defendants Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. and Connecticut General Life Insurance Co.'s (collectively "Cigna" or "Defendants")...

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment for a title insurance company in a dispute regarding an easement's beneficiaries, holding that the insured released any claims against the title insurer ...

Riker Danzig has released Episode 4 of "Title Nerds," its title insurance podcast. Partners from Riker Danzig's Real Estate Practice join Title Nerds hosts Michael O'Donnell and Bethany Abele for the fourth episode, ...

Co-hosts Michael R. O'Donnell and Bethany A. Abele welcomed to the podcast special guest John Crowley, New Jersey State Counsel for Stewart Title Guaranty Company.

On March 21, 2023, the Connecticut Appeals Court ("the Court") issued its opinion in the matter of Stewart v. Old Republic Nat'l Title Ins. Co., 291 A.3d 1051 (Conn. App. Ct. 2023), affirming the grant...

The Supreme Court of New Jersey has amended 22 court rules, with changes taking effect September 1, 2026. Two significant amendments impact appellate practice: a new standard for appealing after accepting payment of a judgment, and the elimination of transcript delivery certification requirements.

The First Department's decision in Forrest Equities LLC v. Old Republic National Title Ins. Co. clarifies critical boundaries of title insurance coverage, specifically addressing when Covered Risks 3, 5, and 6 apply to post-closing enforcement actions and marketability disputes. The court examined whether a title policy covers litigation seeking to restore a distressed property to habitability and distinguished between legal marketability of title versus economic marketability of property.

The New York Supreme Court, Kings County, recently denied a plaintiff's motion for an injunction staying the foreclosure sale of shares of a corporation that...

After purchasing real property in 2017 in Greenport, New York, Plaintiff JMMJ Development, LLC ("JMMJ") brought an action to force the Defendant Town of Greenport...

Our special guest for Episode 4 of our second season of Title Nerds was land title attorney Lance Pomerantz of Land Title Law.

At the end of its court term in June, the U.S. Supreme Court revisited the topic of public school students' free speech rights in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. By a vote of 8-1, the Court ruled that the First Amendment's

As previously reported, the HHS stated that it would restore its coverage of 340B drugs and biologics in CY 2023 following a District Court for the District of Columbia ruling which vacated planned 340B coverage reductions in the CY 2022 OPPS.

The federal prohibitions on self-referrals and kickbacks, known as the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute ("AKS"), have received new changes for calendar year ("CY") 2023...

Yesterday, on January 11, 2022, Governor Phil Murphy issued Executive Order No. 280, reinstating the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency for the State of New Jersey

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently granted a title insurance company's motion to dismiss claims for aiding and abetting fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and negligence, ..

The New Jersey Supreme Court's recent decision in Monarch Communities, LLC v. Township of Montville fundamentally changes how developers must approach use variance applications for inherently beneficial uses such as senior housing, hospitals, schools, and childcare centers. The ruling establishes that demonstrating public benefit alone is no longer sufficient—applicants must now independently prove their projects align with municipal master plans and zoning ordinances before the traditional balancing