july 2008 Two Key Bills Impact Development Throughout New Jersey
june 2008 Senate Proposes New Legislation That Would Significantly
Impact Site Remediation in New Jersey
june 2008 DEP Adopts New Soil Remediation Standards
april 2008 DEP Ends Issuance of ISRA Letters of Non-Applicability
march 2008 Due process issue in condemnation actions puts municipalities on notice; arms property owners with new defense.
january 2008 COAH Proposes New Third Round Rules to Update Affordable Housing Requirements for Municipalities
december 2007 NJDEP Adopts Final Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules
october 2007 Court Invalidates Formula Used by NJDEP to Calculate Natural Resource Damages
september 2007 NJDEP Proposes Rules to Require Notification to the Public of Certain Remediation Activities
august 2007 New Jersey Enacts Comprehensive Legislation To Address Global Climate Change
july 2007 New Jersey Supreme Court Narrows A Criterion For Condemnation In Redevelopment Cases
july 2007 N.J. Appellate Division Decision Restores Loss Of Use As Criterion To Assess NRD Liability
june 2007 U.S. Supreme Court Holds That PRPs Who Voluntarily Incur Cleanup Costs May Now Pursue Recovery Of Such Costs Under CERCLA Section 107(A)
june 2007 NJ Businesses Required To Pay Withholding Tax On Payments Made To Unincorporated Contractors
may 2007 Developers Should Anticipate Impact of Third Round COAH Regulations on Development Fees and Existing Payment in Lieu of Construction Agreements
may 2007 NJDEP Proposes Revised Soil Remediation Standards
april 2007 NJDEP Enforces Biennial Certification and CEA Groundwater Sampling Requirements
march 2007 New DCA Policy Affects Registration of Condominium Developments on Contaminated Property
february 2007 New NJDEP Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules to Impact Future Development within the State
january 2007
Commerce Requiring Prevailing Wage Law Compliance as Condition to Reimbursement under Brownfield Redevelopment Agreement
january 2007
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether PRPs Who Voluntarily Incur Cleanup Costs May Recover Such Costs under Federal Superfund Law
november 2006
New Jersey Legislature Considers Post-Kelo Legislation Concerning Eminent Domain for Redevelopment Purposes
october 2006
DEP Adoption of Grace Period Rules May Heighten Penalty Risk
september 2006
PRPs lose a Means to Recover Cleanup Costs Under Federal Superfund Law, but New Jersey State Law Remains a Broad Source of Relief for Such Parties Incurring Cleanup Costs
august 2006
Buyers of a Commercial Property will have to pay a New Jersey Transfer Fee
january 2006
EPA Issues Final “All Appropriate Inquiry” Rule Effective November 2006
january 2005
How New Jersey’s recently enacted Transfer of Development Rights Act (TDR) affects developers and property owners
november 2004
NJDEP regulations implementing the 1995 “Grace Period” Law for “minor violations” of Environmental Laws are expected soon in the wake of a recent Superior Court Appellate Division decision in NJDEP vs. Marisol Inc. This decision should lead to significantly reduced penalties for many violations
september 2004
An owner of property, given the right factual setting, can challenge municipal redevelopment efforts, which include the condemnation of the owner's property
january 2004
Natural Resource Damages Initiative by New Jersey DEP – and DEP's Voluntary Settlement Option
december 2003
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) September 2003 Policy Directive Announcing DEP Intention to Pursue Assessment of Natural Resource Damages (“NRDs”) at Many Sites Involved With the Remediation Program
june 2003
Utilizing Arbitration Instead of Litigation
march 2003
A recent New Jersey law taxes estates of New Jersey residents which exceed $675,000 where the estate assets do not pass to the surviving spouse
november 2002
New Jersey’s New Private Well Testing Act Requires Sampling of Private Drinking Water Wells as a Precondition to the Sale of Real Estate
february 2002
Purchasers of Brownfields Properties Now Protected by Superfund Law Amendment
december 2001
New Legislation Extends Innocent Purchaser Environmental Liability Protection to Qualified Parties Who Acquired Property Before September 14, 1993
may 2001
Land Development Projects in Need of Sewer Permits Will be Dramatically Affected by the Proposed New Rules of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
january 2001
Conduct of Lawsuits has been Streamlined and Accelerated by Recent Rule Changes Adopted by the New Jersey Courts
september 2000
Natural Resource Damage Regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Have Been Upheld by the New Jersey Appellate Court
may 2000
A New Law Now Affects a Landlord When Disposing of a Tenant’s Abandoned Personal Property
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