Feeling uncomfortable with the length of time that it took for the Office of Foreclosure to enter a Final Judgment of Lien Foreclosure for a Fort Lee condominium, I was excited when the week of the sheriff’s sale finally rolled around. After all, I made the recommendation to foreclose. The […]
What’s in a name? The New Jersey Law Journal recently reported that the Supreme Court issued a three month suspension to an attorney for “lending” his name to a law firm where he was a nominal partner and had no role in the business of the firm. According to the Disciplinary Review […]
In a recent Appellate Division decision, a lawsuit that began as a simple action to collect delinquent condominium assessments proved to very costly to the owner. The history of the litigation is instructive on the basic principals of condominium law in New Jersey and the proof required to support a claim for […]
Don’t Leave Money Behind In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, First Department confirmed that a condominium claim of lien is, in fact, a continuing lien. Why is this significant? Typically, the time frame between the recording of a lien for past due maintenance fees and the commencement of a […]
Citing the importance of post judgment discovery to aid in the process of judgment enforcement, the Appellate Division, First Department has determined that a subpoena served on the New York branch of an international bank, seeking information about accounts and records from branches outside of New York, is enforceable. B & M Kingstone, […]
