The New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill
of Rights Act, (“ABR”) celebrates its fifth
birthday this year. This is an ideal time
to reflect upon how the law works for
school districts, and how the ABR can be
improved.
The ABR is…
Senate bill S 107 is a forty-five page document that proposes significant changes to the Open
Public Records Act (“OPRA”). N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. Among other things, it broadens the
definition of government records, expands the quasi-governmental agencies subject to…
The legislature is currently working to fine tune the Site Remediation Reform Act
(SRRA) which addresses remediation of contaminated properties. The SRRA which was
implemented in 2009 essentially privatized the process of remediating contaminated sites within
New Jersey. Prior to…
In
Applied Monroe Lender, LLC v. City of Hoboken Planning Board and City of Hoboken, Docket No.
A-3048-15T3 (App. Div. 2019), an unreported decision of the Appellate Division, land use practitioners
are reminded of the power of the Local…
On January 22, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
issued an opinion addressing whether the “Named Insured versus Named Insured” exclusion
contained in a commercial umbrella liability policy bars coverage when a deceased employee’s…
In
Yu v. Toms River Planning Bd., a recent unreported decision of the Appellate Division, the
plaintiff appealed from a Law Division judgment affirming the Toms River Planning Board’s
approval of an application for a minor subdivision with bulk…
On January 15, 2018, former Governor Chris Christie signed a new law that clarifies the ownership categories for certain homes and seasonal rental properties that are exempt from the bulk sale notification requirements under New Jersey’s Bulk Sales Act (the…
Judge Bianco in a January 23rd unpublished opinion on a retail strip center in East Hanover reduced the assessments on the property even though the taxpayer’s appraiser did not make any adjustments to the lease comparables in his appraisal.
In…
In a recent unpublished decision of the New Jersey Appellate Division,
313 Jefferson Trust, LLC v. Mercer Insurance Company, et al., the court considered the “your work” exclusions contained in a comprehensive general liability insurance (CGL) policy issued to a…
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order directing the New Jersey Department of Health and the Board of Medical Examiners to review the state’s existing medical marijuana program to determine ways in which to expand access to marijuana…
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