By Colleen Murphy | January 25, 2024
"My actions have cost me my law practice, my reputation, my family's trust and respect, and have ruined me financially," Martin Martin David Eagan said at a hearing last week before the New Jersey Supreme Court.
By Colleen Murphy | January 23, 2024
"I am happy that our client, Ms. Mayne, was able to obtain a favorable verdict for the pain and suffering she sustained due to the negligence of the landlord defendant in this matter," said Guillermo J. Gonzalez of Scura, Wigfield, Heyer, Stevens & Cammarota.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | January 19, 2024
Restitution would be easier for consumers without the need to go to court and engage in litigation with a contractor.
New Jersey Law Journal | Live Coverage
By Colleen Murphy | January 17, 2024
"We do urge the court to affirm the bright-line rule articulated by the Appellate Division that class action waivers outside of arbitration are per se unconscionable under New Jersey's public policy as necessary to protect the important public interests that underlie New Jersey's public policy favoring class actions in cases that do meet the requirements under Rule 4:32-1," the plaintiffs' counsel, Miriam S. Edelstein of Costello & Mains, said.
By Charles Toutant | January 11, 2024
The plaintiffs, Timothy and Matthew Harmon, operators of various restaurants and taverns, brought the suit in U.S. District Court.
By Colleen Murphy | December 18, 2023
"Having reviewed the record, we discern no abuse of discretion in the trial court's determination as it relates to the counterclaims," the opinion said. "In short, ARF simply did not provide Seaside with any information that would support the counterclaims. Moreover, Seaside was prejudiced by those non-responses because without that information it could not prepare a defense or even move for summary judgment."
By Colleen Murphy | December 7, 2023
"In light of the implication of the clear constitutional ruling in 'Tyler,' that the forfeiture of a property owner's equity above the tax amount owed constitutes a prohibited taking, we now review New Jersey's TSL statutory framework," Judge Lisa Perez Friscia wrote for the court. "We are guided by the United States Supreme Court's charge that 'the taxpayer must render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, but no more.'"
By Charles Toutant | November 22, 2023
After Related hired Mendoza in 2019, he took two online training courses about sexual harassment, but the courses did not address harassment of non-employees, such as residents, tenants or prospective tenants, the court said.
By Colleen Murphy | November 9, 2023
The New Jersey Supreme Court held oral arguments in a slip-and-fall case regarding whether the defendant property owners were negligent in failing to maintain a sidewalk in front of a vacant lot.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Myron C. Weinstein | November 9, 2023
The new Updated Uniform Mortgage—the most widely used form of mortgage in New Jersey today—is a gamechanger. Except for violation of the due-on-transfer clause, Section 20 gives a borrower an unlimited right to reinstate a defaulted, accelerated mortgage loan until five days before any foreclosure sale.
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