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A Shake-Up in Preservation: New Jersey Says “Train Up or Sit Out!”

For years, Historic Preservation Committees (HPCs) have operated with minimal formal training requirements. While many members arrived with planning, architectural, or historical backgrounds, nothing in New Jersey law mandated uniform knowledge. As a result, municipalities often saw inconsistency in how historic applications were reviewed, how hearings were conducted, and how preservation standards were applied. Local Read More

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Appellate Division Affirms Summary Dispossession of Social Club In Favor of Coastal Protection

Despite over 50 years of ownership and use as a social club, Sunset Beach Sportsmen’s Club, Inc., (the “Club”) located on Sunset and Higbee’s Beach in Cape May County, was recently dispossessed of the land. On June 15, 2022, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) filed a summary dispossess action in Superior Court. Prior Read More

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Before You Sign on the Dotted Line: Lawyer Review of Lease Agreements

As rising rents and tighter market conditions continue to define both residential and commercial leasing, tenants are increasingly urged to seek legal counsel before signing any lease agreement. Despite the high stakes, many tenants – particularly small business owners and first-time renters – enter into lease agreements without attorney review. This decision often results in Read More

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Historic PFAS Trial Begins as New Jersey Takes on DuPont

The long-anticipated environmental trial between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and chemical giant DuPont officially began yesterday, marking a pivotal moment in the fight against PFAS contamination in New Jersey. Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich is closely following this landmark case, and partner Stuart Lieberman was in the Camden court room for the Read More

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Controversial music festival moved after LBS lawsuit

The Ocean Club Condominium Association hired LBS as special counsel in a legal fight against BRT Weekend in Atlantic City. For ABC News coverage of the story, Click here for the full story. For the NJ.com article, click here. LBS provided Ocean Club with guidance for several land use issues that were important to our client. We appreciate Read More

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Appellate Court Allows New Evidence in Toms River Contamination Case

Michele Donato won a critical legal ruling on behalf of Save Barnegat Bay in a challenge to a natural resource damage settlement between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and BASF Corporation. In the appeal, Save Barnegat Bay (SBB) argues that the DEP failed to consider the damages caused to the Toms River, Read More

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Appellate Court Reverses Lower Court Ruling on Solar Energy Project, Clarifying Zoning Ordinance Interpretations

Gloucester Solar I, LLC recently sought approval to build a commercial solar energy facility in the Business District of Franklin Township. The Township’s zoning ordinance did not explicitly include solar energy facilities as a permitted use in the Business District.  Gloucester argued at a public hearing in front of the Zoning Board that the district Read More

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No Two Ways About It: Neptune Ordinances Properly Protect Historic District of Ocean Grove, Court Holds, Preventing Homeowners from Rebuilding Double Walkways Across Historic Open Space

The Appellate Division rejected a Neptune couple’s argument this February that they should be allowed to tear down and rebuild preexisting nonconforming walkways that traverse a historic open space without approval from the local Historic Preservation Committee (HPC). The Court held in William E. Taylor, IV and Rachel Taylor v. Zoning Board of the Township Read More

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Appellate Division Underscores Criteria Necessary for (c)(2) Variance Approval

In Kaja v. Borough of West Long Branch Planning Board, 2025 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 171, a recent unreported Appellate Division decision, the Court upheld the Borough of West Long Branch Planning Board’s (the “Board”) decision to deny the plaintiff’s application to subdivide his single-family residential property and to construct a second single-family home. In Read More

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Board Rejects Controversial Apartment Plan Due to Community Impacts, Traffic, and Environmental Issues

Union Township’s Planning Board recently rejected a proposal for an 11-unit apartment building in the Larchmont section, located at 1005 Larchmont Road, near the Morris Avenue intersection. The project aimed to replace an existing single-family home with a three-story building featuring 11 apartments and an asphalt parking lot. Although the proposal met most of the Read More

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  • On the Run: Runner/lawyer DeBord out to protect the environment she loves

    Bucks County Herald, January 4, 2024

    When Brittany DeBord runs along the Delaware River canal towpath or on the trails of Tyler State Park, she doesn’t just appreciate the natural beauty of the...

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  • Gulf Coast Town Center facing foreclosure

    Naples Daily News, September 16, 2015

    Wells Fargo filed a lawsuit Sept. 8 against an affiliate of CBL & Associates, the owners of the decadeold, 1.2 million-square-foot mall in south Fort Myers for a $190.9 million unpaid loan. The center has 94 stores on 204 acres, with such anchors as Super Target, Belk, Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Marshalls and Costco...

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  • Town liable for private company's leaking underground tanks, court rules

    NJ.com Jul 26, 2017

    CRANFORD -- A couple that owned a businesses in town and became sick from leaking underground tanks owned by an adjacent business can sue the township for damages because the tanks were partially ...

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  • Dark Waters: How a Class Action Catapulted NJ to Forefront of 'Forever Chemicals' Battle

    NJ Law Journal Jan 09, 2020

    As property owners become increasingly aware of PFAS contamination, and as individuals exposed to PFAS learn of the health risks associated with exposure, liability will likely affect entire supply chains.

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