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No Time Limit to Sue for Environmental Cleanup Costs in New Jersey

By | Published January 26, 2015 | Posted in Appeals, Environmental Cleanup Cost Recovery, Environmental Litigation, Hazardous & Contaminated Site Remediation, Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA), Litigation, Site Remediation Reform Act | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No Statute of Limitations Applies to Private Spill Act Claims The regulated community breathed a collective sigh of relief when New Jersey’s highest court released its decision today in Morristown Associates v. Grant Oil Co., — NJ — (2015), where it held that the state’s general six-year statute of limitations is not applicable to private “contribution” lawsuits Read More

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Appeals Court: Municipality Cannot Be Forced to Adopt Planning Board Recommendations

By | Published January 22, 2015 | Posted in Beaches & Coast, Development, Land Use, Permitting | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

What does a governing body do when a municipality’s planning board recommends changes to its master plan?  Does the council have to adopt the changes to the municipal ordinance?  Can the council reject the recommendations?  Or can it simply ignore the planning board altogether?  On January 16, 2015, the Appellate Division’s opinion in in Myers Read More

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NJ Bar Association Hosting Program: "The Upside-Down World of Estate Planning: Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates Takes Over"

By | Published December 12, 2014 | Posted in Firm News | Tagged Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

The advent of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 have, in part, changed the landscape of estate planning. Many of the traditional concepts and techniques which have become a mainstay with respect to estate planning require additional or alternative thought. Income tax changes in the trusts Read More

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The Price Tag to Develop on Preserved Land in NJ May be Going Up

By | Published December 12, 2014 | Posted in Development, Environmental & Natural Resources, Legislation and Rulemaking, Proposed Legislation | Tagged Tags: , , | Leave a comment

The New Jersey Legislature is considering a bill (S-570) which would result in companies paying more to develop building on public land. The bill proposes that proposed projects on preserved land in the state would be assessed for how much revenue that project would generate. The proposal is intended to help balance the value to Read More

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NJDEP Overreached in Seizing "Rotten Egg" Smelling Fenimore Landfill

By | Published November 14, 2014 | Posted in Appeals, Constitutional Law, Environmental Litigation, Industrial Facilities, Landfills, Litigation, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Waste Management | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Appeals Court Overturns NJDEP Seizure of Fenimore Landfill The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court concluded that the Fenimore Landfill, owned and operated by Strategic Environmental Partners LLC (SEP), should not have been closed and seized by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) just thirty minutes after a new law was passed Read More

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Court Orders Production of Documents to Open Government Activist

By | Published November 10, 2014 | Posted in Litigation | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Open Government Activist Seeks New Jersey Government Records In another action brought by John Paff, a “self-proclaimed open government activist” who has pursued litigation to secure government documents pursuant to the Open Public Record Acts (“OPRA”) in several instances, a Superior Court judge held that Paff was entitled to the documents he sought as well Read More

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Appellate Division Affirms Franklin Township Ban on Digital Billboards

By | Published October 21, 2014 | Posted in Development, Land Use, Permitting | Tagged Tags: , , | Leave a comment

The New Jersey Appellate Division recently upheld a decision by Franklin Township, New Jersey to ban digital billboards along a stretch of Interstate 287, while allowing static billboards to be implemented. The Appellate Division determined that no violation of the First Amendment took place as part of the ban, with Judge Marianne Espinosa stating that Read More

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Oil Company Not Liable to Neighbor for Leaking Underground Tanks

By | Published October 8, 2014 | Posted in Appeals, Environmental Cleanup Cost Recovery, Environmental Litigation, Hazardous & Contaminated Site Remediation, Litigation, Toxic Tort & Injury Claims, Underground Storage Tanks | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Oil Company Not Liable to Neighbor for Leaking Underground Tanks Gasoline Station Owner Not Liable for Damage to Neighbor Who Did Not Properly Allege Harm A property owner whose investment property was contaminated by a leaking gasoline station next door had his property damage case dismissed because he failed to completely allege all of his Read More

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NJ Supreme Court: Experts Must Opine As to Objective Standards of Care

By | Published September 16, 2014 | Posted in Appeals, Litigation | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

NJ High Court Bars Expert Testimony as Net Opinion Where Expert Does Not Reference an Objective Standard of Care In cases involving allegations of negligence, the injured party has to prove that the person or entity being sued failed to act reasonably, causing harm to the victim. In those cases, the injured person must show that Read More

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NJ Supreme Court to Hear Argument in Environmental Spill Case on Oct. 6

By | Published September 15, 2014 | Posted in Appeals, Environmental Cleanup Cost Recovery, Environmental Litigation, Hazardous & Contaminated Site Remediation, Litigation, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Underground Storage Tanks | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

NJ High Court to Decide if 6 Year Statute of Limitation Applies to Environmental Cleanup Cost Recovery Claim Under the Spill Act On October 6, 2014, the Supreme Court of New Jersey will be hearing oral argument in Morristown Assoc. v Grant Oil Co., 432 N.J.Super 287 (App. Div. 2013), a case involving the statute Read More

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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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