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New Jersey Makes a Splash by Winning Two Tidelands Cases

By | Published September 21, 2015 | Posted in Beaches & Coast | Leave a comment

New Jersey Makes a Splash by Winning Two Tidelands Cases In Lisowski v. Borough of Avalon (2015), the Superior Court of New Jersey considered two consolidated appeals, Lisowski v. Borough of Avalon and State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection v. Township of Delanco, each challenging the timeliness of the State of New Jersey’s Read More

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New Jersey Supreme Court Examines Nuisance and Trespass Regarding Leaking UST, Rules Out Suit Against Neighbor’s Insurance Carrier

By | Published August 31, 2015 | Posted in Beaches & Coast | Leave a comment

On August 6, 2015, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided Ross v. Lowitz,Nos. A-101 September Term 2013, 074200. The Court’s opinion sheds some light on the state of New Jersey nuisance and trespass law. Yet it also raises some important questions about what a Plaintiff alleging environmental contamination and seeking tort damages must prove in Read More

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The Exxon Settlement Paves the Way for future reviews of NRD claims

By | Published August 31, 2015 | Posted in Beaches & Coast | Leave a comment

Judge Hogan has tried and overseen many environmental cases and that fact was evident in the over 80 page decision that he wrote last week upholding the frequently maligned $225 million settlement between the state DEP and the oil giant. While many people argued the state should have gotten more, largely because the state itself Read More

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Wind turbines: The answer my friend is not always blowing in the wind

By | Published August 18, 2015 | Posted in New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Wind Energy | Leave a comment

The Superior Court of New Jersey in Re: Petition of Fisherman’s Atlantic City Windfarm, LLC for the Approval of the State Waters Wind Project and Authorizing Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificates, (2015) considered an appeal by Fishermen’s Atlantic City Windfarm, LLC, (FACW) for approval of a wind energy project that would be subsidized by the Read More

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Pre-emption of solid waste regulation in NJ can be a real problem for local officials

By | Published August 10, 2015 | Posted in Land Use Regulation Program (LURP), New Jersey Environmental Laws | Leave a comment

The Superior Court of New Jersey in Gary Walker d/b/a Omega Material Recovery v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington, (2015) considered an appeal to amend the Burlington County District Solid Waste Management Plan (the District Plan) in order to approve a site for a solid waste transfer station and material recovery Read More

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Administrative Remedies Must Be Exhausted Before Inverse Condemnation Lawsuit

By | Published March 30, 2015 | Posted in Appeals, Condemnation, Development, Land Use, Litigation, Pinelands, Planning, Zoning | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Supreme Court in Griepenburg v. Ocean Township, 220 N.J. 239 (2015), considered the circumstances under which municipal zoning ordinances represent a legitimate exercise of a municipality’s power to zone property consistent with its Master Plan and the Municipal Land Use Law (“MLUL”) goals.  In the late 1990s, Ocean Township, which is bordered by the Read More

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Inadmissible: Testifying Expert's Opinion Concerning Non-Testifying Expert

By | Published March 26, 2015 | Posted in Environmental Litigation, Litigation, Toxic Tort & Injury Claims | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

An attorney cross-examining an expert witness during trial already faces a challenging task.  That task may just have become a bit harder in the State of New Jersey.  On March 25, 2015, the Appellate Division released its opinion in James v. Ruiz, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2015), Docket No. A-36-2-6251, shedding light on Read More

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Four L&B Environmental Attorneys Named to NJ Super Lawyers & Rising Stars Lists

By | Published March 13, 2015 | Posted in Firm News | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Environmental Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich is pleased to announce that for the year 2015, founding partners Stuart J. Lieberman and Shari M. Blecher have been named “Super Lawyers,” and that shareholder Michael G. Sinkevich, Jr. and associate Shawn M. LaTourette  have been named “Rising Stars” by Super Lawyers Magazine.*  This is a continued honor for Read More

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Firm Prosecutes New Jersey Pinelands Violations

By | Published March 9, 2015 | Posted in Environmental & Natural Resources, New Jersey Pinelands Commission, Permitting, Pinelands | Tagged Tags: , | Leave a comment

Family Seeks to Preserve Pinelands, Property A Township of Medford family filed suit on February 23, 2015 in the Burlington County Superior Court, alleging their neighbors engaged in the improper clearcutting of 11,000 square feet of native vegetation and trees in the protected Pinelands area of New Jersey. According to the lawsuit, filed by Plaintiffs Read More

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DEP Proposes New Rules Governing New Jersey LSRPs

By | Published February 9, 2015 | Posted in Legislation and Rulemaking, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) | Tagged Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has just proposed new rules that will govern how Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRPs) work, and the standards that apply to their work in the State of New Jersey. The draft regulations were published in the January 5, 2015 New Jersey Register. When adopted, they will be codified as N.J.A.C. Read More

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    Bucks County Herald, January 4, 2024

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    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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    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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