As New Jersey begins heading into Stage 2 of its reopening, beginning on June 15, 2020, restaurants and bars will be permitted to offer outdoor dining. See, https://www.nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-150.pdf. With this reopening, the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control will, with the completion of the appropriate permit, allow retail consumption privilege licensees to expand the […]
Author Archive | Darrell M. Felsenstein
New Jersey Court Operations Update
In the immediate aftermath of the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency, New Jersey Courts took steps to suspend certain proceedings and extend various deadlines, in an effort to protect both court personnel and the public. With the increased ability to proceed virtually, the Court has issued a second Omnibus Order to handle more […]
How do I Sell Liquor in my Restaurant?
You want to open a restaurant in one of the over five hundred municipalities in New Jersey and you would also like to serve wine, beer or other alcohol in your new restaurant. It sounds simple, but regulations and costs can make the idea of serving alcohol in a restaurant somewhat daunting. It does not […]
Tenant Self-Insurance Does Not Protect Landlords
In our practice, we have had numerous opportunities to represent property owners/ landlords in lease negotiations with large national retail tenants. Very often, these national companies propose lease provisions which seemingly provide protection to the landlord but, in fact, offer little substance. “Self-insurance” is when the large tenant does not purchase insurance from a carrier […]
Shortening Time to Sue Can Be Permissible
Employment law and the litigation that so often follows, or even occurs during the employer/employee relationship, is constantly evolving as each side tries to get the upper hand on the other. In June, 2014, the New Jersey Appellate Division decided to uphold a lower court ruling in which an employment application contained a provision shortening […]
Alternative Dispute Resolution
What is confusing to many litigants is that even after filing suit or being sued, they often are compelled, by court mandate, to participate in alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”), such as mediation and arbitration. Both are common means and methods of resolving disputes rather than having them decided by a judge or jury. The goal, […]
Employment Manuals
Employment manuals or handbooks can be a sword or shield, depending on whether you are an employee or employer but, no matter, employment handbooks are essential for all businesses. In these difficult economic times, many employers try to forsake putting together a handbook, in the hope of saving some money, while others, who have an […]
At Will Employment
With unemployment rates at their highest levels in a quarter of a century, one hot button topic in today’s economic climate is job security. Most employees do not have written employment contracts, which provide for a defined term of employment. Instead, most employees are considered to be “at will.” An “at will” employee can be […]
General Equity/Chancery Practice
Although often our Litigation Department handles cases involving exclusively money damages, there are an ever increasing amount of litigation matters, which are filed in Superior Court, that do not involve statements where a person is suing another for money damages. Rather what is sought is an equitable remedy or, in other words, the achievement of […]
Family Estate Disputes
Unfortunately, more and more litigation matters involve disputes between family members over inheritance and estate issues. Not all disputes center on the decedent’s Last Will and Testament. Often, the focus is on inter vivos gifts; i.e., gifts made during the lifetime of the decedent. Inter vivos gifts have long been disfavored by New Jersey Courts […]