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Sponsorship offers arrive as friendly emails with a PDF attached, but a brand deal contract is drafted to favor the brand. This clause-by-clause teardown shows creators what to look for in deliverables, exclusivity, usage rights, whitelisting, morals clauses, payment terms, termination, indemnification, and FTC disclosure obligations.

Most owners assume comprehensive privacy law is a Big Tech concern. It is not. The New Jersey Data Privacy Act applies at 100,000 consumers, or just 25,000 if you derive any revenue from selling personal data, and there is no small business exemption. The 30-day cure period closed on July 1, 2026, and June 2026 amendments added data broker registration plus a sensitive data sale ban that applies to every business regardless of size.

A New Jersey construction lien can halt a closing or a refinancing overnight, and the Construction Lien Law gives contractors and owners very little room on timing. This guide covers the 90 day commercial filing window, the stricter residential Notice of Unpaid Balance and arbitration track, the lien fund that caps recovery, the one year deadline to sue, penalties for overstated liens, and how an owner discharges or bonds off a lien.

New Jersey has no non-compete statute, so whether non-compete agreements in New Jersey hold up is decided under the Solari and Whitmyer framework. This post breaks down the three-part enforceability test, what actually counts as a protectable business interest, why the FTC's federal ban is now formally dead, and what the pending bill in Trenton would change. Practical guidance from the Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont for employers issuing covenants and employees deciding wheth

Misclassifying workers as independent contractors is one of the costliest mistakes a New Jersey small business can make. Learn how the ABC test works, the real penalties for getting it wrong, and practical steps to protect your business from a wage and hour audit.

The proposed order asks for everything, but the proceeding cannot deliver most of it. A look at the procedural limits on an order to show cause in New Jersey: why Rule 4:52 cannot produce a permanent injunction, when summary disposition is actually available, the clear and convincing burden on every Crowe factor, the specificity Rule 4:52-4 demands, and why an attached fee request is usually premature.

Some harms cannot wait for a trial. This post explains how a preliminary injunction in New Jersey actually works: the difference between temporary restraints under R. 4:52-1 and an interlocutory injunction, the four Crowe v. De Gioia factors a judge applies, why irreparable harm defeats most applications, what you file and how fast it moves, and how to defend against an order to show cause. Practical guidance from the Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont.

Since March 2024, New Jersey sellers must answer flood questions on the state property condition disclosure statement, and the rest of the duty still runs on common law. This post explains what seller disclosure in New Jersey actually requires: the Weintraub v. Krobatsch latent defect rule, why the disclosure form is where sellers create their own liability, the limits courts have placed on the duty, the flood disclosure law, and the steps that prevent a post-closing lawsuit.

A default judgment in New Jersey can be entered against you in a case you never knew about, and most people find out when a bank account is frozen. This post walks through the two-step process under R. 4:43, why the window before judgment enters is worth so much, the six grounds for relief under R. 4:50-1 and their deadlines, the excusable neglect and meritorious defense standard, and what to do the week you find out. From the Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont.