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Federal Heat Stress Standards Are On The Horizon
US House Democrats released a bill in early July that, if passed, would direct OSHA, over the next two years, to develop federal standards on...
Read MoreOrr & Reno Places Nine Attorneys Among “Best Lawyers in America”, Three Named “Lawyer of the Year”
Nine attorneys from Orr & Reno have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Peter F....
Read MoreChanges to NH Public Employee Safety and Health Laws
The federal Occupational Safety & Health Act (“OSH Act”) does not apply to state employees. In an effort to address this perceived “safety void,” House...
Read MoreAcosta is Out, Scalia is Nominated – Will the DOL Actually Get Something Done This Year?
July was an eventful month at the Department of Labor. Other than the departure of DOL Secretary Alex Acosta on July 9 and the nomination...
Read MoreModernizing New Hampshire’s Electric Distribution System
New Hampshire, like the rest of the nation, is seeing increased deployment of distributed energy resources (DER). DER are electricity resources or controllable loads that...
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