New Jersey Lawyers Blog
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To understand why you should have title insurance, you must first understand what “title” is. When you purchase real estate, at the closing you receive “title” to the property. “Title” is the owner’s right to possession and use of the property. There are different forms that “title” can take: individual ownership, tenants in common, joint tenants, life tenant, etc.
There are also different uses for land and the rights for those uses can be given or sold, or they could be restricted by prior title transfers. There can be different owners for different uses: one person may have mineral rights, another air rights, and another utility rights on the same piece of property. A mortgage lender can have an interest in the property, as can anyone who performed work on the property if they filed a lien against it. The government can have a lien for unpaid taxes, and the municipality or a utility company could have an easement giving it the right to string utility lines across the property.
Disputes over construction projects can be costly, time-consuming, complex and unpredictable endeavors. Arbitration is a mechanism often used to avoid these pitfalls by many in New Jersey construction law. Attorneys from our firm have significant experience in litigating and arbitrating construction disputes. One of the most contentious areas is whether a dispute is subject to arbitration or whether it may be litigated in court. Even more complex is trying to figure out which parts, if any, are covered by an arbitration in multi-issue disputes. New Jersey’s courts recently faced just this problem and issued an important precedential decision.
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued an important decision in the case of 
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There is a large and complex body of laws which restrict and regulate the of waste transportation businesses in New Jersey. Indeed, New Jersey has arguably the most stringent requirements and restrictions on the solid waste industry in the country.
Some of the most conflict-ridden areas in New Jersey employment involve wage and hour issues – who needs to be paid, how much, when and for what. An important Federal appeals court decision has shed light on one of the most contested topics in this area – when employees mostly paid for benefits.
New Jersey has followed the national trend in creating the “limited liability company,” (known as “LLC”), as an allowable form of business entity under New Jersey business law. The LLC combines the best elements of both a corporation and a partnership.