March 2017

The Appellate Division recently held equitable relief is available under the New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act (“Spill Act”), N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11, et seq., for the investigation of contamination before relative responsibility for remediation is established.

The New Jersey Appellate Court, in Matejek v. Watson (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div., Mar. 3, 2017), upheld a judgment obligating five condominium owners to participate in and equally share the cost of investigating the cause of contamination without first requiring proof that property owners contributed to the contamination.Continue Reading Appellate Decision Upholds Requiring Contribution for Spill Act Investigations Prior to Adjudicating Ultimate Responsibility

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The Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations Committee could vote in the coming weeks on a proposed measure to create new liquor licenses for restaurants.

To better understand the issue, the panel has reached out to several experts for testimony, including Rutgers University finance professor Morris Davis, who is…

As seen in:  NJ Municipalities Magazine

Sills Cummis & Gross was pleased to have represented the redeveloper in all aspects of this project, including the novel public incentives mentioned in the article.

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Reprinted from NJ Municipalities Magazine March 2017 issue, courtesy of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities www.njslom.org.