State Offers Free Mediation of Sandy Insurance Claims
February 28, 2013
The voluntary program for homeowners is to be administered by the American Arbitration Association. Insurers will have to participate in mediations in good faith and foot the bill for the association’s costs

Government Property Acquisition in Floodplains After Hurricane Sandy
February 28, 2013
In their Domestic Environmental Law column, Christine A. Fazio, a partner at at Carter Ledyard & Milburn, and Ethan I. Strell, a senior associate at the firm, write that FEMA’s acquisition process is subject to environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act, but the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 adds a new provision for ‘streamlined’ environmental review procedures.