Benjamin L. Lindeman

Jul 22, 2024 | mondaq.com | Lisa Bromberg Esq |Thomas Spiesman Esq |Benjamin L. Lindeman |Carmen Andrade

Stay ahead with Porzio's Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental newsletter. Learn about the latest Open Public Records Act changes, impacting how real estate professionals access property info. Discover the NJ Supreme Court ruling requiring vacant commercial property owners to maintain sidewalks to avoid liability. Also, understand the new EPA PFAS hazardous substance designation effective July 8, 2024, mandating immediate reporting of PFOA and PFOS releases.

Jul 22, 2024 | mondaq.com | Benjamin L. Lindeman |Carmen Andrade |Joseph A. Paparo

As a result of recent changes concerning requirements that public bodies must adhere to in responding to Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requests, parties seeking to access information regarding matters pertaining to real property will see changes in the manner in which requests for information are processed. They will need to adjust their expectations with respect to the accessing of vital property information.

Jul 22, 2024 | mondaq.com | Benjamin L. Lindeman |Carmen Andrade |Joseph A. Paparo

A significant decision was issued by the New Jersey Supreme Court on June 13, 2024 concerning an owner's liability for maintaining vacant commercial real estate. In Alejandra Padilla v. Young Il An, the Court held for the first time that owners of vacant commercial properties have a duty to maintain abutting sidewalks in reasonably good condition. Failure to do so may result in liability for injuries to pedestrians passing by.

May 29, 2024 | feeds.feedblitz.com | Charles Toutant |Colleen Murphy |Michael Rich |Benjamin L. Lindeman

A condominium association has agreed to pay $440,000 in an Essex County, New Jersey, slip-and-fall suit after initially refusing to put its insurance carrier on notice about the claim.

Apr 23, 2024 | feeds.feedblitz.com | Cameron MacLeod |Michael Rich |Benjamin L. Lindeman |Robert Epstein

When it comes to challenges of municipal actions by way of actions in lieu of prerogative writs, there has long been tension between two firmly established judicial principles: (1) the important policy of repose for municipal actions; and (2) the judicial preference to determine actions on their merits.