By Jennifer Goodin | Published April 26, 2024 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: farmland preservation, overdevelopment, Stein Property, warehouses | Comments Off on LBS in the News: The Fight Against More Monmouth County Warehouses Continues
As noted in this MidJersey.News article, Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich attorneys have been recruited by the Borough of Allentown in opposition to proposed warehouses, which would be located on Old York Road in neighboring municipalities. The idyllic rural landscape is also rich with Revolutionary War history, as described in another article from NJ Spotlight News. Read More
Read MoreOn February 5, 2024, the Appellate Division issued is decision In Re Appeal Of The New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection’s September 6, 2022 Denial Of Request For Adjudicatory Hearing Under N.J.A.C. 7:26c-9.10, Dated May 12, 2022, Concerning The Department’s April 20, 2022 Notice Of Remediation In Progress Waiver Rescission. The question at issue was Read More
Read MoreThe Supreme Court issued an order stating that while it would not yet decide whether to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) smog rule from being effective, it would hear oral arguments on the matter during the upcoming February session. The oral arguments will include four related disputes over whether the EPA can implement a Read More
Read MoreLead is a naturally occurring element that is widely used in many products including gasoline, cosmetics, and paint. Lead-based paint is usually not hazardous if it is in good condition. However, paint that is peeling, chipped, cracked, or in some way damaged or lead dust, that forms when lead paint is scraped, sanded or heated, Read More
Read MoreLieberman Blecher & Sinkevich congratulate Shawn LaTourette on his nomination as the new Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner by Governor Phil Murphy earlier today. Shawn has been the Acting Commissioner of the DEP since January. Shawn was our colleague at Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich for many years where he worked on environmental litigation and regulatory matters. Shawn Read More
Read MoreThe real estate industry relies on person to person activity. Real estate sales people meet their clients in person. They show them real estate in person. They hold open houses in person. And then they usually conduct closings in person. Of course this industry has been greatly impacted by COVID-19 and business cannot be conducted Read More
Read MoreThe shutdown of our economy has crippled many companies in New Jersey. Tenants who are operating businesses that have been negatively impacted need help if they will be able to continue now and after the stay-at-home orders are lifted. Even businesses who receive government assistance may very well need financial help to remain viable. Many Read More
Read MoreCommunity Associations are often concerned about the extent of their liability for the maintenance of public rights of way located within their boundaries. The New Jersey Supreme Court recently shed light on this issue in the case of Luchjeko v. Hoboken, where the Court held that condominium associations are not liable to pedestrians injured as Read More
Read MoreIn American Electric Power v. Connecticut, 131 S. Ct. 2527 (2011), the United States Supreme Court rendered its first decision on climate change since the Court’s landmark decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497, 127 S. Ct. 1438 (2007). In Massachusetts, the Supreme Court held that the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 Read More
Read MoreEarlier in January, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Sacket v. EPA, a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) enforcement case that concerns whether CWA administrative orders are subject to pre-enforcement judicial review. In the Sacket case, the property owners planned to build a home on a one-half acre parcel of land in Idaho. After Read More
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