It might be a surprise, but many health club operators in New Jersey are not in compliance with the law. This can include the gym not being properly registered with the State’s Division of Consumer Affairs or the gym itself is…
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/ Business Organizations, Consumer Protection, Franchise Law
In a previous blog, I discussed the process of a parent obtaining a guardianship for their special needs child. This blog discusses why it is not a good idea to try to shortcut this process and to simply have your child sign a…
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/ Family Law, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Despite an intention to add a spouse or domestic partner to their Will, at times a decedent may neglect to do so prior to his/her death. Under such circumstances, however, a surviving spouse or domestic partner may be entitled…
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/ Civil Procedure, Family Law, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
In Pennsylvania, contesting a will is a serious legal action that should not be taken lightly. It can be emotionally challenging, especially if you believe that the will does not reflect the true intentions of the deceased…
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/ Civil Procedure, Family Law, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
In many instances, spouses execute what is referred to as reciprocal wills. What this means is that each spouse designates the other as the entire beneficiary or the primary beneficiary of their estate under their wills…
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/ Family Law, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Vendors, landlords, and other creditors often feel a sense of security when doing business with Chapter 11 debtors. The Bankruptcy Code, and even court orders entered at the outset of a bankruptcy case, seemingly provide a…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial
During a retail bankruptcy, commercial landlords often face challenges when their tenants try to maximize the value of the bankrupt estate by holding lease auctions. Despite lease provisions that may restrict or prohibit a lease…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial
Retail, commercial, and industrial property owners need to be diligent about policing their property boundary lines to avoid losing valuable property rights to an encroaching neighbor…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
We are now a year into the effective date of what is colloquially known as the Structural Integrity Act (Act). The law combines two important obligations condominium associations or cooperatives must now adhere to, inspection of…
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/ Real Estate - Residential
I am often approached by contractors who wish to file a construction lien regarding either a residential or a commercial project. It is not atypical for many of these contractors to believe that filing a lien claim will…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law
On September 9, 2024, Big Lots, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
At the time, Big Lots had entered into an asset purchase agreement with an affiliate of…
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/ Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial
On December 9, 2024, the United District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an important decision whether New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (“CREAMMA”)…
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/ Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of a breach of contract action, one very important, often misunderstood, legal doctrine is the economic loss doctrine. In general, the purpose of this legal doctrine is to prevent a breach of contract case from…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts
On November 18, 2024, Governor Murphy signed a law which will require New Jersey employers with 10 or more employees to disclose certain compensation benefit information in job advertisements…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The end of the year is upon us, and often parents or other individuals make gifts to their children for the maximum amount allowable to avoid federal and state gift taxes. In the absence of marital bliss, how these gifts are…
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/ Family Law, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
