Howard S Shafer

May 04, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

While New Jersey case law is moving in favor of liability apportionment for phantom parties, this legal trend still has its share of critics.

By Howard S. Shafer and Brian J. McAteer

8 minute read

August 15, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Howard S. Shafer, a partner at Shafer Glazer, writes that the New York State Legislature passed an act amending New York Civil Practice Law and Rules R. 2214(b) and 2215. These recent amendments, effective July 3, 2007, make significant changes to the notice requirements for making and responding to motions cross-motions.

By Howard S. Shafer

9 minute read

January 26, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Timothy M. Wenk, an associate at Shafer Glazer, and Howard S. Shafer, a partner at the firm, write that after practically disappearing in the 1950s, bedbugs are staging a comeback in hotels and homes throughout the United States. Typically, these blood-sucking creatures attack humans at our most vulnerable time � when we are asleep. Bedbugs, otherwise known as cimex lectularis, inject a chemical into the body that numbs the area of their attack and then they suck their victim's blood without notice.

By Timothy M. Wenk and Howard S. Shafer

12 minute read