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Appellate Division Determines Planning Board Can Properly Consider Variance from “Building Coverage” as Bulk Variance
Feb 25, 2022 | Written by: | Share
In MSO, Inc. and 208 Glen Rock Assoc., LLC v. Glen Rock Borough Planning Board, et al. (Docket No. A-3430-19; decided Feb. 18, 2022), the NJ Appellate Division upheld the decision of the Glen Rock...
How Common Themes in Religion and Philosophy Can Help Us Through Divorce and Our Everyday Lives
Feb 23, 2022 | Written by: | Share
Although I am not an expert in either philosophy or religion, with my limited knowledge I have noticed common themes among the schools of thought. Some of these common themes among philosophies and...
Appellate Division Applies Common Interest Doctrine to Deem Email Exempt from OPRA Disclosure
Feb 16, 2022 | Written by: | Share
The NJ Appellate Division recently upheld a municipality’s refusal to disclose an email pursuant to an Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request where the email was subject to the attorney-client...
Appellate Court Upholds Zoning Board Decision That Gas Station and Convenience Store are Two Separate Uses
Feb 10, 2022 | Written by: | Share
The NJ Appellate Division upheld a Zoning Board’s denial of an application to construct a combined gas station and convenience store based, in part, on the Board’s determination that such...
Tax Court Upholds Non-Residential Development Fee on Property Subject to Long-Term Tax Exemption Law
Feb 9, 2022 | Written by: | Share
Pursuant to New Jersey state law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-8.1 et seq.) and municipal ordinances, non-residential developers are required to contribute to a municipality’s affordable housing trust fund as a...
NJ Employers Must Now Provide Written Notice When Tracking Employees’ Vehicles
Feb 7, 2022 | Written by: | Share
On January 18, 2022, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill No. 3950, which prohibits employers from utilizing a location tracking device in an employee's or company's vehicle without...
Recent Amendments to Daniel’s Law Ease Municipal Concerns Regarding OPRA Compliance
Feb 4, 2022 | Written by: | Share
The tragic murder of Judge Esther Salas’s son, Daniel – killed solely because he was the child of a federal judge – will not soon be forgotten. In response to that horrific and senseless...
Update: Divorced Parents’ Obligation to Pay for College in New Jersey
Feb 2, 2022 | Written by: | Share
Throughout the years, we have addressed the issue of required college contributions by divorced parents in multiple blogs, including: In 2015, Can Court Order Divorced Parent to Pay Child’s...
NJ Supreme Court Reverses Appellate Decision on Employee Parking Lot Injury
Jan 31, 2022 | Written by: | Share
Last February, I discussed the Appellate Division opinion Lapsley v. Township of Sparta, A0958-19T3 (App. Div. 2021), wherein a Township library employee was injured by a Township snowplow while...
Landlords and Tenants: Remember NJ’s Anti-Discrimination Law Also Applies to You!
Jan 31, 2022 | Written by: | Share
A recent unpublished opinion from NJ’s Appellative Division, Kravits v. Royal Oaks Apartments, LLC and Metroplex Management, LLC, Docket No. A-1686-20 (decided January 27, 2022) is a good reminder...