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
There are three important requirements affecting New Jersey Community Associations: Reserve Studies Compliance, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Compliance and Structural Integrity Compliance. Please ensure your association…
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/ Business Organizations, Real Estate - Residential
There are two main types of restraining orders you can obtain in New Jersey:
A Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) is an emergency measure you can file to obtain immediate protection from your abuser. This order can be issued…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Family Law
In the United States, 986 workers died from heat exposure between 1992 and 2022, with the construction industry accounting for 34% of all deaths.
Although the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has…
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/ Construction Law, Labor & Employment Law
Cryptocurrency has become an increasingly popular investment and asset class in recent years. As digital currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others continue to gain mainstream acceptance, they are also becoming more common in…
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/ Family Law, Taxation
There has been a boom recently regarding investment advisers’ use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) to transcribe client and internal meetings. Among other applications, AI features such as Zoom AI Companion, Microsoft Copilot,…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
