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