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State Assembly Passes Bill that Strips Some Government Agency Heads of Veto Power

By | Published May 7, 2013 | Posted in Administrative Law, Legislation and Rulemaking, Proposed Legislation | Tagged Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

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 Read More

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Appellate Division ruling holds that juries, not judges, are to decide public entity's tort liability

By | Published April 23, 2013 | Posted in Legislation and Rulemaking, Litigation | Tagged Tags: , | Leave a comment

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 Read More

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Post-Sandy Dune Construction: Not So Fast

By | Published April 17, 2013 | Posted in Beaches & Coast, Coastal & Waterfront Development, Development, Land Use, Planning, Redevelopment | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Did Superstorm Sandy make it safe for the State to deride waterfront property owners for refusing to allow the State to erect two-story beach dunes on their waterfront property? The State may think that such extreme protective measures may be more politically palpable because, after living through Sandy and witnessing her destruction, New Jerseyans better Read More

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Shari M. Blecher to be Honored for Committment to Women's Philanthropy

By | Published April 5, 2013 | Posted in Firm News, Newsletters | Tagged Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich P.C. is proud to share that one of our founding shareholders, Shari M. Blecher, is to be honored at the Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks’ Women’s Philanthropy Spring Luncheon!  Ms. Blecher is to receive the “Young Leadership Award” to commemorate her devotion and dedication to Women’s Philanthropy, and to the Read More

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Limiting Liability for Condominium, Homeowner and other Community Associations

By | Published April 3, 2013 | Posted in Community Associations, Condominium Associations, Homeowner Associations | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

On March 20, 2013, the Superior Court of New Jersey ruled in Irma Sanchez v. The Villages Association that the burden of proving the validity of a community association’s bylaws limiting its liability in personal injury cases rests with the injured plaintiff. It is beneficial for community associations, their boards, professional managers and unit owners Read More

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Environmental Litigator Michael Sinkevich Becomes Shareholder at Lieberman & Blecher

By | Published April 1, 2013 | Posted in Firm News | Tagged Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich P.C. is delighted to announce that attorney Michael G. Sinkevich, Jr. has become a shareholder of the firm. Michael G. Sinkevich, Jr. has practiced extensively in the environmental and land use areas since arriving in New Jersey in 2007. With a focus on complex environmental litigation, he assists our business, individual, non-profit Read More

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NJDEP "Waiver Rule" Upheld by Appellate Court

By | Published March 25, 2013 | Posted in Administrative Law, Appeals, Coastal & Waterfront Development, Development, Land Use, Legislation and Rulemaking, New Jersey Environmental Laws, Permitting, Planning, Redevelopment, Zoning | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

On March 21, 2013, an Appellate Division panel upheld the controversial “waiver rule” adopted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) last March. The rule has been promulgated at N.J.A.C. 7:1B-1.1, et seq. An outgrowth of Governor Chris Christie’s effort to reduce bureaucracy and encourage economic growth through application “common sense principles,” the Read More

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NJ Appeals Court Reverses Lane Use Variances in Closter Case

By | Published January 17, 2013 | Posted in Appeals, Development, Land Use | Tagged Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

NJ Appeals Court Reverses Lane Use Variances in Closter Case Applicants before zoning boards and planning boards must prove that their application is consistent with local zoning.  In other words, as a general matter, only residential applications can be approved within zones that are limited to residential use.  Likewise, commercial applications are only acceptable in zones Read More

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Firm Pursues Lawsuit for Victims of Derailed Train that Spilled Vinyl Chloride

By | Published January 8, 2013 | Posted in Environmental Litigation, Litigation, Toxic Tort & Injury Claims, Vinyl Chloride | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The environmental attorneys at Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich are filing what will be the third in a series of lawsuits relating to a train that derailed in Paulsboro, NJ, releasing vinyl chloride (a carcinogen) into the environment, when a bridge collapsed beneath it on the morning of November 30, 2012. This case, brought on behalf Read More

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Court Does Not Buy The "It's My Consultant's Fault" Argument, Affirms Penalties Against PRP for Sampling Failures

By | Published December 27, 2012 | Posted in Administrative Law, Appeals, Environmental Litigation, Hazardous & Contaminated Site Remediation, Litigation, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Underground Storage Tanks | Tagged Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

In a recent environmental case decided by the New Jersey Appellate Division, the court upheld a $20,000 penalty assessment against a leading South Jersey fuel oil company for failing to engage in proper sampling after an underground storage tank containing gasoline was found to have leaked.  The appeals court was not persuaded by the responsible parties’ “it’s my Read More

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