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		<title>Public Entities Ruled Not Liable for Actions of Their Public Employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raleigh F. Steinhauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an expansion of governmental tort immunity, the New Jersey Appellate Division recently ruled in Turner v. Township of Irvington that public entities cannot be held liable for a 9-1-1 operators' conduct regardless of their level of culpability. The 9-1-1 operator at issue acted with willful and wanton conduct when they were the cause of...  <a href="http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/31/public-entities-ruled-not-liable-for-actions-of-their-public-employees/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Court Rules that Unfiled Discovery Documents are Exempt from OPRA</title>
		<link>http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/28/court-rules-that-unfiled-discovery-documents-are-exempt-from-opra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 11:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shari Blecher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New Jersey Court recently ruled in Drinker Biddle &#38; Reath LLP v. New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Law No. L-63-09, N.J. Super., Mercer Co., that unfiled discovery documents are exempted from disclosure under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). The law firm of Drinker, Biddle &#38; Reath LLP pursued...  <a href="http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/28/court-rules-that-unfiled-discovery-documents-are-exempt-from-opra/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Historic Preservation Month</title>
		<link>http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/22/happy-historic-preservation-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Lieberman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[May is Historic Preservation month in New Jersey, and the 23rd Annual Preservation awards were just presented by the State Historic Sites Council. Congratulations to the award recipients! See the original release with the list of winners from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection here. The preservation process is one that entails planning, patience,...  <a href="http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/22/happy-historic-preservation-month/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Facing the Evidence: Spoliation and Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/15/facing-the-evidence-spoliation-and-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean G. Herman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contaminated Site Remediation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Litigants, be wary! The casual and innocent acts of cleaning your home, disposing of old documents, or even deactivating your Facebook account may be the subject of a lawsuit against you. This is what occurred in Gatto v. United Air Lines, Inc. 10-cv-1090-ES-SCM, in which the plaintiff in a personal injury action deleted his Facebook...  <a href="http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/15/facing-the-evidence-spoliation-and-social-media/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Online Services Announced to Accelerate Applications for Permits and Public Notifications</title>
		<link>http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/10/new-online-services-announced-to-accelerate-applications-for-permits-and-public-notifications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Lieberman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to continue reducing red tape and delays in vital Sandy rebuilding and recovery projects, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) announced May 9, 2013, that a new series of online services has been launched. These services are aimed to streamline and digitize the permit application and public notification process. Both...  <a href="http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/10/new-online-services-announced-to-accelerate-applications-for-permits-and-public-notifications/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>State Assembly Passes Bill that Strips Some Government Agency Heads of Veto Power</title>
		<link>http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/07/state-assembly-passes-bill-that-strips-some-government-agency-heads-of-veto-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raleigh F. Steinhauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Administrative Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 29, 2013, the New Jersey State Assembly overwhelmingly passed a bill that will have far reaching impacts on administrative law in New Jersey. The bill known as A-1521 would effectively strip certain agency heads of their current veto powers over the decisions of administrative law judges in contested state agency decisions. The bill...  <a href="http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/05/07/state-assembly-passes-bill-that-strips-some-government-agency-heads-of-veto-power/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lieberman &amp; Blecher Paves the Way with 1st Victory for the City of Vineland!</title>
		<link>http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/04/29/lieberman-blecher-paves-the-way-with-1st-victory-for-the-city-of-vineland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sinkevich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contaminated Site Remediation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lieberman &#38; Blecher was hired as special environmental counsel by the City of Vineland concerning the former Pure Earth Recycling facility previously located within the City. Pure Earth was engaged in recycling activities that involved processing contaminated soils, waste oil, and other materials on the property. Pure Earth abruptly ceased operations in 2011 due to...  <a href="http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/04/29/lieberman-blecher-paves-the-way-with-1st-victory-for-the-city-of-vineland/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Appellate Division ruling holds that juries, not judges, are to decide public entity&#8217;s tort liability</title>
		<link>http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/04/23/appellate-division-ruling-holds-that-juries-not-judges-are-to-decide-public-entitys-tort-liability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raleigh F. Steinhauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Jersey Appellate Division recently held in Henebema v. South Jersey Transportation Authority, A-3723-10 that when establishing tort liability a jury, not a judge, should be the one to decide whether a public entity’s acts are ministerial or discretionary in nature. This crucial distinction determines whether the public entity is subject to the ordinary-negligence...  <a href="http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/04/23/appellate-division-ruling-holds-that-juries-not-judges-are-to-decide-public-entitys-tort-liability/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New DEP Permit Rules will Simplify Sandy Recovery Efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/04/22/new-dep-permit-rules-will-simplify-sandy-recovery-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shari Blecher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Christie Administration filed emergency rules to assist in the expedition of Superstorm Sandy-related recovery and rebuilding on March 17, 2013. These rules are meant to cut through unnecessary red tape that is delaying some aspects of New Jersey’s recovery from Sandy for both homes and businesses. The rules also contain portions that will expedite...  <a href="http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/04/22/new-dep-permit-rules-will-simplify-sandy-recovery-efforts/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>NJDEP Can Conduct Warrantless Searches Under Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act</title>
		<link>http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/04/19/njdep-can-conduct-administrative-searches-without-a-warrant-under-freshwater-wetlands-protection-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sinkevich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1987, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1, et seq. (“FWPA”), to protect and regulate New Jersey’s vast sensitive freshwater wetlands. This law followed the Wetlands Act of 1970, N.J.S.A. 13:9A-1, et seq., which delineated and regulated New Jersey’s coastal wetlands. The FWPA established a permitting process which a...  <a href="http://www.liebermanblecher.com/2013/04/19/njdep-can-conduct-administrative-searches-without-a-warrant-under-freshwater-wetlands-protection-act/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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