Federal court practitioners and litigants must be mindful of the need to retain qualified and effective expert witnesses whose opinions satisfy the criteria for admissibility under the Federal Rules of Evidence, as initially established by the United States Supreme Court's decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1...
Joinder of Non-Owner Spouses in New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Cases Assume the following scenario: Ralph Kramden purchases a residential investment property while single, and obtains mortgage financing to fund the purchase price. The property Deed is in Ralph's name only, as are the mortgage and promissory note that Ralph signed in favor of ...
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...
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...
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