Please be aware that the Permit Extension Act is expiring on December 31, 2015. The clock will begin to run again on January 1, 2016 and no approvals will extend beyond June 30, 2016 unless the approval would have extended beyond June 30, 2016 without the benefit of the Act. If you have an approval […]
Americans far and away lead the world in charitable giving. For most of us this is through direct gifts to qualified charities. Those who have substantial funds that they wish to pass on to charities also have two valuable vehicles to consider. A private foundation allows an individual to make gifts to their own foundation, […]
This past Tuesday marked a major win for the Developers and Wells, Jaworski & Liebman, LLP before the Village Planning Board. Developers were all smiles as they left Tuesday night’s meeting of the Planning Board, which approved four separate amendments to the village’s master plan, paving the way for high-density, multifamily housing projects downtown. […]
Managing Partner Stuart D. Liebman has been named a 2015 Super Lawyer in the Super Lawyers Magazine. Congratulations Stuart!
Do you have website for your business? Do you gather, handle or transmit your customers’ personal information? If the answer is yes, you need a privacy policy for your site. If you sell your customers’ personal information, a privacy policy is even more critical. Those “notices” that fall out of your credit card bills are […]
An often heard complaint of people who are in need of access to the courts, whether they are sued or wish to sue, is that the wheels of justice spin slowly, if at all. The school of thought has, for a long time, been that a law suit filed today will not be heard by […]
The New Jersey Legislature has provided for special farmland property tax assessments for land actively put to agricultural or horticultural use. In order to qualify for the farmland assessment, the property must meet the requirements of the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964. N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.1, et seq. The purpose of the Farmland Assessment Act is to […]
During his annual State of the Union address this week, President Obama will reveal a tax proposal that administration officials say aims to slow down the power shift from poor to rich and give average families the resources they need. Eliminating Stepped Up Basis Of the estimated $320 billion in new revenue the president is […]
Assemblyman John Burzichelli, D-Gloucester, chairman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, aims to introduce legislation in mid-January that would update the state’s current liquor-license laws, which critics charge are arcane and the most restrictive in the nation. In New Jersey, such licenses can cost businesses from $50,000 to more than $2 million apiece. The measure will […]
The state Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will hear arguments in a case that will decide who gets to write the rules that govern affordable housing regulations, a long-standing issue that could impact every town in the state. The state Supreme Court on Thursday announced it would hear oral arguments in a case that […]