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New Jersey Appellate Division Endorses ‘Neither Confirm Nor Deny’ Response to Public Records Request


NJ OPRA Request Exemption Recognized by NJ Appeals Court Striking a blow to news media, and representing a victory for privacy advocates, in a landmark ruling the New Jersey Appellate Division denied the Bergen Record Newspaper's Open Public Records Act ("OPRA") request directed to the Bergen County Prosecutor demanding access to records concern...


NJ Supreme Court Declares Law Firm’s Subsequently Recorded Mortgage Trumps Factoring Company’s Earlier Recorded Optional Advance Mortgages


Mortgage Priority Optional Advances New Jersey In a unanimous decision issued on July 21, 2016, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the Appellate Division's decision granting priority to a law firm's subsequently recorded mortgage over the pre-existing recorded mortgages held by a factoring company. We initially reported on this case in 2015 wh...

Posted by , July 25, 2016 • Foreclosure, Litigation

No Foreclosure For You, says New Jersey Trial Court to Lender


In an unpublished decision issued on June 30, 2016, a Bergen County trial judge granted summary judgment in favor of homeowners by declaring the lender's foreclosure complaint was time barred under the 6-year statute of limitations period commencing from the maturity date of the loan. Anim Investment Co. v. Shaloub, Superior Court of New Jersey, La...

Posted by , July 13, 2016 • Foreclosure, Litigation

Business Divorce Attorney Practice Points


Like married couples, business partners sometimes go through divorces.  Whether there are allegations of minority oppression, embezzlement, fraud or simply the parties can no longer work together, as attorneys, we must quickly identify the pertinent legal issues at hand in order to guide our clients through this confusing and often complicated pro...


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