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Taxpayers claim the right to build in a beachfront like this, on property a municipality says it condemned long ago.
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Town's Alleged 1962 Taking of Land It Continued To Tax Is Tested on Appeal
The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear an unusual dispute between avowed owners of beachfront property who want to build on it and a town that claims it acquired the land by inverse condemnation almost half a century ago.
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N.J. SUPERIOR COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION
EPIX Holdings Corp. v. Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.
Under principles of equitable estoppel, a nonsignatory may enforce an arbitration agreement in a contract signed by its subsidiary where the issues against it are inextricably intertwined with the contract.
LAW & BUSINESS
Super Lawyers Vaults Into the Law-School Ratings Business
A publishing company that makes a livelihood through superlative ratings of lawyers will now try doing the same for the institutions that graduate them. Super Lawyers Magazine has put out its first annual "performance-based" ranking of 180 U.S. law schools — a byproduct of the lawyer rankings that the publication generates each year across the country.
AIG May Enforce an Arbitration Pact Signed by Subsidiary, N.J. Court Says
A state appeals court hands American International Group a big victory by holding that the state's preference for arbitration means a nonsignatory may enforce an arbitration clause in a contract signed by a subsidiary.
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A state appeals court orders a new trial in a murder-for-hire case, citing a host of judicial and prosecutorial errors that included a detective improperly testifying as an expert.
N.J., Pa. Federal Courts Greenlight Class Actions Over Gift-Card Fees
In a major setback for banks, federal judges in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have refused to dismiss a pair of class action consumer suits against TD Bank over allegedly deceptive practices used to market gift cards.
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Associates Class of 2009
The 204 attorneys featured in this, our 10th annual new-associates magazine, represent a 38.4 percent drop from 331 in last year's edition &mdash more than double last year's 18.5 percent dip from 406 in 2007.
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In the November 30 issue:
BUSINESS LAW
The Obama policy shift away from preemption means that state attorneys and regulators will become more active in areas traditionally dominated by federal agencies such as financial and securities regulations.
INTERNET LAW
Recent FTC regulations suggest that bloggers and advertisers will face injunctions and orders to reimburse consumers for financial losses stemming from inappropriate product reviews.
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