NJ Appellate Court Holds That Law Firm’s Subsequent Mortgage Lien has Priority Over Factoring Company’s Earlier Recorded Mortgage Providing for Optional Advances
It's the rare occasion that a prior recorded mortgage is held to be inferior to a subsequently recorded mortgage. But that was the ruling by the New Jersey Appellate Division in a decision published on June 17, 2015. Rosenthal & Rosenthal vs. Riker, Danzig, Sherer, Hyland & Peretti, L.L.P., (Docket No. A-2890-13T3 (App. Div. 2015). This...
Gaining The Upper Hand In Probate Litigation: Pre-Trial Motion Shifting The Burden Of Proof On An Undue Influence Claim
Practitioners are constantly searching for ways to gain an advantage over their adversary. In estate litigation involving undue influence claims, one tactic rarely employed is filing a pre-trial motion for partial summary judgment shifting the burden of proof to the proponent of the disputed Will or gift to prove that the bequest or transfer ...
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Can a Parent Revoke a Gift of Stock to a Child?
Can a parent ever revoke gift of corporate stock given to a child? The short answer is maybe.
A gift of stock from parent to child is presumed to be a gift under New Jersey law. For the parent to revoke the presumption of a gift requires the parent to meet New Jersey's highest civil burden of proof under the 'clear and convincing' evidence stand...
Entire Controversy Doctrine: Loophole Allows For Second Bite Of The Apple
Consider this hypothetical: Plaintiff accounting firm (“Accounting Firm”) files a collection suit (“Action 1”) against defendant limited liability company (“LLC”) for nonpayment of invoices. In LLC’s answer to the Accounting Firm’s Complaint, LLC raises professional negligence as an “affirmative defense.” LLC fails to retain...
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