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Best Practices for Equity Courts Are Unveiled to a Receptive Bar
Next to the hurricane unleashed by civil best practices, the effort to standardize procedures in New Jersey's equity tribunals seems to be a breeze. The Conference of Presiding Equity Judges is publishing its version of best practices. For the most part, the judges appear to have codified existing practices in most vicinages, and their report suggests there's nothing wrong with go-it-alone local procedures that work.Kvaerner Process, Inc. v. Barham-McBride Joint Venture et al.
The Construction Lien Law does not provide the exclusive remedies available in response to a construction lien and does not preclude this action by the general contractor, which is a proper party, contesting the validity of a subcontractor's lien; the trial court properly placed the burden of proof on defendant-lien claimants but unduly limited their discovery for the proof burden they were expected to satisfy in light of the issues posed by plaintiff, and the matter is remanded for additional discovery.Seigel v. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Properly read, the DEP's definition of "primary frontal dune" requires that the waterward and landward slopes must abruptly incline and decline respectively compared with the rest of the subject property or with the other immediately adjacent properties.N.J. Firms Boost Summer Clerk Pay
New Jersey's bellwether firms are willing to pay more than last year for summer clerks that may ripen into permanent hires.Consent to Federal Removal Must Be in Writing
When removing a multi-defendant case to federal court, all the defendants must formally join in the removal petition and cannot simply inform the court in a petition from one defendant that the others have consented to the removal, a federal judge has ruled.N.J. Firms Hike First-Year Pay, Bulk Up on New Hires
New Jersey's big firms are hiring larger classes of new associates and boosting first-year salaries by more than 10 percent. Salaries this fall will range from $95,000 to $130,000, and hires are up 19 percent from last year. New Jersey firms face competition from nearby New York firms, some of which boast a starting salary of $160,000. But Lowenstein Sandler managing partner Michael Rodburg tells laterals at New York firms that New Jersey firms have their employers beat on "lifestyle and opportunity bases."Trending Stories
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