Liquor licenses have the potential to cause legal headaches for municipalities and liquor licensees’ alike. In Polish People’s Home, Inc. v. Municipal Board Of Alcoholic Beverage Control Of The City Of Passaic, the Appellate Division clarified when a liquor license can be suspended for failing to operate the licensee’s establishment
The Community Disaster Loan Program, operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is providing budget relief for New Jersey municipalities that are experiencing, or projected to experience, revenue losses greater than 5 percent of annual collections due to the impacts of Superstorm Sandy. However, the deadline, February 1, 2013, to
Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz recently won a New Jersey zoning dispute with his next-door neighbors in Cliffside Park. The suit also named the Borough of Cliffside Park and several of its officials. The Appellate Division held that the neighbor, Angelo Bisceglie Jr., failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before filing
New Jersey public bodies that have not yet embraced the Internet will be forced to do so in 2013. A law taking effect on February 1, 2013, will require all State, regional, environmental and local authorities, boards and commissions to maintain an Internet website or webpage. The goal is to
Although MTV’s Jersey Shore has come to an end, the state of New Jersey is still home to several popular reality television shows, including Jersey Shore spin-off Snooki & Jwoww, the Real Housewives of New Jersey, and Cake Boss. While the debate over whether these shows are good or bad
The New Jersey Division of Local Services recently released new rules to implement a 2007 law (N.J.S.A. 40A:5-48) that requires municipalities to provide user-friendly budgets to the public. The aim of the law was to provide local elected officials and members of the public with easy-to-understand budget information to help
The Appellate Division recently considered whether a business owner was entitled to notice before the City of Bridgeton’s fire chief ordered its fire-damaged building to be demolished. The court found that the fire chief had the sole authority to direct operations at the fire scene and acted within his statutory
The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to consider an Open Public Records Act case involving the law’s interplay with the attorney work-product privilege and common interest rule. The question before the court is whether these doctrines exempt documents from disclosure under OPRA. In O’Boyle v. Borough of Longport, Plaintiff Martin
