By Zoe N. Ferguson | Published October 20, 2022 | Posted in Climate Change, Industries | Tagged Tags: Climate litigation, Climate suit against oil companies, NJDEP sues big oil, Oil company responsible for climate change | Comments Off on New Jersey Sues Oil and Gas Companies for Lying About Climate Change
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⟩ New Jersey Sues Oil and Gas Companies for Lying About Climate Change
The State of New Jersey sued five oil and gas companies in New Jersey Superior Court on Tuesday for hiding the disastrous effects of climate change from New Jersey and the world, while profiting from fossil fuel products, for decades. New Jersey sued Exxon, Shell, BP, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips, along with the trade association American Read More
Read MoreNew Jersey Federal Court to Rehear Religious Freedom in Schools Case After SCOTUS Kennedy Decision
The District Court of New Jersey will reconsider a lawsuit over teaching children about Islam in a middle school “World Cultures and Geography” class, in the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 142 S. Ct. 2407 (June 27, 2022). In Kennedy, the Supreme Court held that a Washington State Read More
Read MoreLieberman Blecher, Fords Man Sue Middlesex Water Company for Stage IV Cancer Caused by PFAS-Contaminated Tap Water
On July 7, 2022, Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich filed suit on behalf of Daniel Sullivan, a 30-year-old man seeking damages from Middlesex Water Company for the testicular cancer he was diagnosed with at age 25. Mr. Sullivan was raised in Fords, New Jersey from 1992 to 2018, where he ingested about one gallon of water Read More
Read MoreLieberman Blecher and WoodMeier Farms File Suit Over West Amwell Cannabis Cultivation Facility Septic System
Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich, P.C. and WoodMeier Farms, LLC filed a lawsuit against Green Medicine NJ, LLC, GMNJ Properties, LLC, and the Hunterdon County Health Department on June 30 for approving a septic system for the proposed cannabis cultivation facility in West Amwell. As reported by MyCentralJersey and Politico, the suit charges the Hunterdon County Read More
Read MoreLieberman Blecher and Historic Paulus Hook Association Successfully Save Historic Jersey City Buildings from Demolition
Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich, P.C. successfully represented the Historic Paulus Hook Association before the Jersey City Zoning Board on June 7, protecting two historic buildings from demolition. In 2018, St. Peter’s Preparatory School filed an application with the Jersey City Historic Preservation Commission requesting a certificate of appropriateness for demolition of two 19th-century buildings formerly Read More
Read MoreAmended Law Allows Additional Time for Condo Associations to Sue Developers
Governor Phil Murphy signed into law an amendment to the New Jersey Statute of Limitations, which allows more time for condominium and cooperative associations to sue real estate developers in certain circumstances. New Jersey’s Statute of Limitations, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1, has for years stated that any plaintiff has six years from the date of accrual to Read More
Read MoreAppellate Division Rejects Property Owner Challenge to Condemnation Designation as Out of Time Under Local Housing Redevelopment Law
A Lindenwold woman was out of time to challenge her property’s condemnation designation when she did not challenge the condemnation until three years after the land use board passed a resolution recommending the designation, the Appellate Division held this April. In Borough of Lindenwold v. Mildred Jackson et al., Docket No. A-1308-20 (App. Div. April Read More
Read MoreAmended Law Allows Additional Time for Condo Associations to Sue Developers
Governor Phil Murphy signed into law an amendment to the New Jersey Statute of Limitations, which allows more time for condominium and cooperative associations to sue real estate developers in certain circumstances. New Jersey’s Statute of Limitations, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1, has for years stated that any plaintiff has six years from the date of accrual to Read More
Read MoreGovernor Murphy’s NJDEP Proposes New Rule to Limit Carbon Dioxide Emissions
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s administration proposed a new rule to combat greenhouse gas emissions, just before the start of his second term in office. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection proposed its strongest set of greenhouse gas regulations to date under the state’s climate change initiative, NJ PACT: New Jersey Protecting Against Climate Read More
Read MoreAppellate Division Declines to Allow Developer’s Four-Month-Late DOT Permit Appeal, Citing No Change in Circumstances
A Maple Shade Township developer’s appeal of permit conditions was untimely when they appealed four months past the deadline and without any change in circumstances justifying deadline relaxation, the Appellate Division held this month. In Maple Shade Equities, LLC v. New Jersey Dep’t of Transportation, Docket No. A-3709-19 (App. Div. Nov. 17, 2021), developer Maple Read More
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