NJ Trial Court Rejects Landlord’s Eviction of Section 8 Tenant for Failure to Serve Public Housing Authority With Default Notice
EVICTION SECTION 8 TENANT NJ
In a published decision issued on March 30, 2015, a Union County, New Jersey trial judge vacated the eviction of a Section 8 residential tenant finding that the landlord failed to serve a required pre-lawsuit default notice on the public housing authority responsible for subsidizing the tenant's rent. Winns v. Rosa...
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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New Jersey Appeals Court Applies Net Opinion Rule to Bar Legal Malpractice Expert’s Report
In an unpublished decision issued on March 11, 2015, the New Jersey Appellate Division applied the "net opinion" rule in barring an expert's report issued in the context of a legal malpractice case arising out of a failed real estate transaction. Giordano v. Bogart, Keane, Ryan & Hamill, L.L.C., Docket No. A-1631-13T1 (App. Div., March 11, 2015...
Pitfalls of Terminating New Jersey Minority Shareholder’s Employment
TERMINATING YOUR MINORITY PARTNER’S EMPLOYMENT IN A CLOSELY HELD NEW JERSEY CORPORATION COULD TRIGGER MINORITY OPPRESSION
Do you have a minority partner in a small business that is driving you crazy to the point where you can't even walk into your office without getting a knot in your stomach? If you think the simple solution is to just termin...