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Two Days Community Associations Make The News for Unusual Reasons

By | Published August 29, 2022 | Posted in Community Associations | Tagged Tags: , , | Comments Off on Two Days Community Associations Make The News for Unusual Reasons

Condo boards and home owner associations usually don’t make headlines.  But sometimes they do and we have had a month filled with some unusual events. First, in South Jersey we actually have a person who lost a condo board election filing a lawsuit to challenge the results. Most boards don’t have enough people volunteering for Read More

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New Jersey Has many Water Systems with Cancer Causing PFOA

By | Published August 29, 2022 | Posted in Environmental Issues | Tagged Tags: , , , | Comments Off on New Jersey Has many Water Systems with Cancer Causing PFOA

We all were shocked to learn that the Middlesex Water Company sold water containing PFOA.  PFOA is linked with numerous cancers. Studies vary but usually point to testicular and kidney cancer.   Some studies point to a link with other cancers including prostate, ovarian, bladder and breast.  But the two cancers most often cited appear to Read More

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Lost Profit Claims for New Business Are Now Allowed in New Jersey

By | Published August 22, 2022 | Posted in New Jersey Environmental Laws, Real Estate | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Lost Profit Claims for New Business Are Now Allowed in New Jersey

For decades new business owners have been precluded from alleging lost profit damages in New Jersey courts. The issue would arise when a lawsuit was filed and a new business owner would assert a claim for lost revenue due to someone else’s wrongdoing. Since a 1936 case entitled Weiss v. Building & Loan Associates our Read More

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DCA Tries Again to Use RSIS to Limit Municipal Stormwater Controls

By | Published June 6, 2022 | Posted in DEP Environmental Justice Program, Development, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on DCA Tries Again to Use RSIS to Limit Municipal Stormwater Controls

By Michele Donato, Esq. and Stuart Lieberman, Esq. In the 1990’s, developers claimed that municipal residential development ordinances lacked uniformity, increased development costs, and caused uncertainty in the development process. In response, and over the objections of the League of Municipalities and New Jersey Planning Officials, the Legislature amended the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL) Read More

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Lieberman Blecher and Sinkevich Announces New Partner and Of Counsel Lawyer

By | Published March 1, 2022 | Posted in Firm News | Tagged Tags: , , , | Comments Off on Lieberman Blecher and Sinkevich Announces New Partner and Of Counsel Lawyer

Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich, PC is proud to announce the naming of Mr. C. Michael Gan, Esq. as a shareholder, effective January 2022. Michael joined the firm as an associate attorney in 2017, with a focus on business transactions, environmental law, and energy law. Since joining the firm, he has assisted clients with land use Read More

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Trial Court Reverses WAWA Application

By | Published February 22, 2022 | Posted in Land Use, Zoning | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Trial Court Reverses WAWA Application

A Camden County Judge has reversed a Planning Board decision to allow a WaWa store to be constructed in Winslow Township.   The lawsuit is entitled S&N Multani et al v. Winslow Township Planning Board, et al, Docket Number CAM-L_1281-21. At issue is whether a combined gasoline retail station/ and mini-market operation was allowed by local Read More

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Local Stormwater Regulation in the News

By | Published February 14, 2022 | Posted in Environmental & Natural Resources, Environmental Issues | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Local Stormwater Regulation in the News

Stormwater regulations and ordinances exist to control rainwater following development and redevelopment. The idea is that without development, the water is naturally absorbed into the ground where it recharges our aquifers. But development creates paved surfaces which block absorption. These surfaces are called “impervious” surfaces. Uncontrolled stormwater leads to localized flooding, which has become a Read More

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Registration for the NJSBA Flood Summit on January 26th

By | Published January 24, 2022 | Posted in Firm News | Tagged Tags: , , | Comments Off on Registration for the NJSBA Flood Summit on January 26th

Register Now for NJSBA Flood Summit, January 26 9:00am to 11:30 via Zoom Stuart Lieberman, Esq. of Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich PC will moderate the virtual CLE, which will train advocates on how to best serve clients while New Jersey is being slammed by unprecedented storms and flooding. Experts from the NJ DEP and FEMA, Read More

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Don’t Let a Leaking Heating Oil Tank Ruin Your Life

By | Published October 5, 2021 | Posted in Environmental Issues, Environmental Litigation, Hazardous & Contaminated Site Remediation | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Comments Off on Don’t Let a Leaking Heating Oil Tank Ruin Your Life

Every environmental lawyer deals with leaking heating oil homeowner tanks. They are very frightening to homeowners who have never experienced an environmental problem before. Leaking heating oil tanks can cost very little to address, sometimes just several thousand dollars. But we have also seen residential tank cleanups that have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, Read More

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Appeals Court Allows Strict Liability Claims to Proceed Against Large New Jersey Refinery

By | Published October 4, 2021 | Posted in DEP Environmental Justice Program, Environmental & Natural Resources, Environmental Cleanup Cost Recovery, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Appeals Court Allows Strict Liability Claims to Proceed Against Large New Jersey Refinery

For years many New Jersey lawyers understood that the mere storage of petroleum was not an abnormally dangerous activity. That is an important concept because those who engage in abnormally dangerous activities are strictly liable for harm coming from those activities, independent of fault. This is called strict liability and for decades oil companies have Read More

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  • On the Run: Runner/lawyer DeBord out to protect the environment she loves

    Bucks County Herald, January 4, 2024

    When Brittany DeBord runs along the Delaware River canal towpath or on the trails of Tyler State Park, she doesn’t just appreciate the natural beauty of the...

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  • Gulf Coast Town Center facing foreclosure

    Naples Daily News, September 16, 2015

    Wells Fargo filed a lawsuit Sept. 8 against an affiliate of CBL & Associates, the owners of the decadeold, 1.2 million-square-foot mall in south Fort Myers for a $190.9 million unpaid loan. The center has 94 stores on 204 acres, with such anchors as Super Target, Belk, Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Marshalls and Costco...

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  • Town liable for private company's leaking underground tanks, court rules

    NJ.com Jul 26, 2017

    CRANFORD -- A couple that owned a businesses in town and became sick from leaking underground tanks owned by an adjacent business can sue the township for damages because the tanks were partially ...

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  • Dark Waters: How a Class Action Catapulted NJ to Forefront of 'Forever Chemicals' Battle

    NJ Law Journal Jan 09, 2020

    As property owners become increasingly aware of PFAS contamination, and as individuals exposed to PFAS learn of the health risks associated with exposure, liability will likely affect entire supply chains.

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