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Written By: Barbara Koonz Kenneth Sheehan Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP   What You Need to Know: New opportunities for energy storage come with the launch of Tranche 2 of the Garden State Energy Storage Program, which targets 645 MW of transmission-scale storage with pre-qualification materials due by June 10, 2026.   The pre-qualification window opens March 11, 2026, for the fourth Competitive Solar Incentive Program Solicitation, which seeks 300 MW of generation, notably introduces Tranche 1A specifically for large-scale grid supply projects, and includes provisions for paired energy storage.   Effective March 6, 2026, the BPU opens a…

Written By: Chris Regan Founder CLR Solutions LLC Upgrading equipment feels productive-new laptops, faster systems, fewer glitches. But the risk often shows up in the leftovers. If a device ever held patient information-like files, scans, exports, or saved logins-“we got rid of it” isn’t the same as “it’s safe.” HIPAA-compliant destruction is how you make sure PHI (Protected Health Information) is actually gone, and that you can show what happened later if questions come up. This subject gets messy because people accidentally combine a few different things: what HIPAA expects, what “destruction” can mean in practice, and what kind of…

Written By: John Kaveney Sukrti Thonse Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP   What You Need to Know: • A two-year extension of certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities that were previously set to expire on January 31, 2026, have been implemented under The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, recently signed into law as part of the federal government’s fiscal year 2026 spending package. • Key pandemic-era waivers now extended through December 31, 2027, include the availability of telehealth services from any location, expanded provider eligibility, audio-only services, and continued flexibility for behavioral health and hospice recertification. • Although the extension is temporary,…

Written By: David H. Nachman, Esq. Ludka Zimovcak, Esq. Snehal Batra, Esq. Samantha Oberstein, Esq. Nachman, Phulwani, Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group, P.C.   U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the FY 2027 H-1B cap initial registration period will open at 12:00 PM Eastern on March 4, 2026, and will remain open through 12:00 PM Eastern on March 19, 2026. During this registration window, employers (and their authorized representatives) must submit electronic registrations for each prospective H-1B beneficiary through a USCIS online account and pay the required registration fee. Key Dates and Requirements Registration opens: March 4, 2026…

Written By: Maja Obradovic Co-Chair, Employment Law Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, & Davis LLP   What You Need to Know   As one of his final acts in office, on January 17, 2026, former New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill (A3451) that significantly expands the scope of the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA), as well as amending job-protection obligations under the Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) and Family Leave Insurance (FLI) programs. Effective July 17, 2026, coverage under the NJFLA will apply to an additional group of employers, those with 15 or more employees, and to employees…

Written By: Chris Regan Founder CLR Solutions LLC Businesses replace technology fast. Laptops get upgraded, servers get refreshed, phones get swapped, and “that box of old hard drives” quietly grows in a closet somewhere. The risk is that disposal becomes an afterthought-handled like normal recycling, a quick reset, or a handoff to a third party with vague assurances. And when that happens, the consequences aren’t theoretical. Poor data destruction can turn yesterday’s equipment into tomorrow’s breach, audit issue, or legal headache. And because “data destruction” can mean a few different things in practice-wiping, shredding, degaussing, and more-it helps to be…

Written By: Sukrti Thonse Associate, Corporate, and Healthcare Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP   What You Need to Know New Jersey will fully exit its pandemic-era regulatory framework for certain healthcare providers on February 16, 2026 Advanced Practice Nurses, Physician Assistants, hospitals, medical practices, and providers operating under emergency or reciprocity licenses may face regulatory scrutiny for non-compliance with a return to pre-COVID supervision, prescribing and licensure requirements Impacted providers should take immediate action to ensure that all collaborative agreements, supervision structures, and prescribing authority are compliant by the February 16th deadline   On January 16, 2026, former Governor…

Written By: David H. Nachman, Esq. Ludka Zimovcak, Esq. Snehal Batra, Esq. Samantha Oberstein, Esq. Nachman, Phulwani, Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group, P.C.   U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requires employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, to first electronically register and pay the associated $215.00 H-1B registration fee before filing a petition. USCIS will open an initial registration period for a minimum of 14 calendar days each fiscal year. During this initial registration period, prospective petitioners or their authorized representatives must electronically submit a separate registration naming each alien for whom…

Written By: Chris Regan Founder CLR Solutions LLC   If you’ve ever opened a storage closet and found a sad little box of old hard drives staring back at you, you already know the feeling: “I think these were wiped… but if someone plugged them in, what would they see?” Modern guidance is pretty blunt: as long as the hardware physically exists, the data on it can often still be recovered with the right tools. Universities like Johns Hopkins explicitly warn that simply deleting or reformatting information on most storage media is often not enough, because that data is “easily recovered.”…