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New Jersey contractors face serious legal risks under the Consumer Fraud Act and HICRA. Learn practical steps for NJ contractor lawsuit protection, from proper contracts and licensing to documentation and insurance strategies that keep you out of court.

Scaling your small business in New Jersey? Learn the essential legal protections every NJ business owner needs, from entity formation and contracts to employment compliance and intellectual property. Peter J. Lamont, Esq. explains how to grow without legal blind spots.

New Jersey businesses face common contract issues including vague terms, unenforceable non-competes, missing dispute resolution clauses, and verbal agreements. Learn how to protect your business with practical guidance from Peter J. Lamont, Esq., a Bergen County contracts attorney with over 20 years of experience.

When the opposing party refuses to produce documents, answer interrogatories, or comply with discovery obligations, it can stall your entire case. This post explains the tools New Jersey courts provide to force compliance, including motions to compel, sanctions, and adverse inference instructions.

Not every bad review is protected speech. Learn when a negative online review crosses the line into defamation under New Jersey law and what steps small business owners can take to fight back.

Verbal agreements are one of the most common sources of business disputes in New Jersey. Learn why handshake deals fail and what every small business owner should do instead.

When a customer refuses to pay your invoice, New Jersey law gives you options. Learn the legal steps to collect what you are owed, from demand letters to small claims court and beyond.

Construction disputes in New Jersey can involve defective workmanship, contractor licensing violations, mechanic's liens, and more. Learn about your legal options and how the Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont can help protect your property and your investment.

Real estate litigation in New Jersey can involve title disputes, seller disclosure claims, boundary conflicts, and zoning challenges. Learn about the most common real estate disputes in NJ and how an experienced attorney can protect your property rights. Contact Lamont Law for trusted real estate litigation representation in Bergen County and throughout New Jersey.

When a business partner breaches a contract, knowing your legal rights is critical. This guide explains the types of breach of contract claims in New Jersey, the steps you should take to protect your interests, and the damages you may be entitled to recover. Contact Lamont Law for a consultation.

Personal guarantees show up in commercial leases and vendor credit accounts more often than most business owners expect. They also get signed far too casually, often buried in a lease exhibit, a credit application, or a short “standard” addendum that looks routine. Once signed, a personal guarantee can convert what you thought was a business obligation into personal exposure that follows you even after the business is struggling, the relationship has soured, or the company no

Business procrastination is not a personality flaw, it is a liability. Learn why small business owners delay high-stakes decisions and what that delay actually costs you in options, money, and leverage.

If your employee handbook has been sitting in a desk drawer collecting dust, you’re not alone. Most small business owners write one when they first hire employees and then forget about it. The problem is that New Jersey employment law doesn’t sit still. Statutes change, agency guidance shifts, and courts look at what your handbook actually says—and whether you followed it—when deciding cases.

New Jersey businesses say “that is confidential” every day. In court, that phrase does not carry a case. Trade secret claims succeed when a company can show, with admissible evidence, that the information stayed secret for a reason, and that the company treated it as secret in a consistent, disciplined way.

Over the years, the Friday the 13th franchise has generated plenty of lawsuits and business fights, but the most important one for creators and rights holders is not about monsters, sequels, or merchandising deals. It is about authorship, leverage, and a part of the Copyright Act that allows certain creators to reclaim rights decades after they signed them away.

Employers and employees are now dealing with a fact pattern that would have sounded exotic a few years ago: a realistic, manipulated image o

Most business owners resist this practice. Some believe that imagining failure invites it, a form of magical thinking with no basis in how contracts, courts, or business relationships actually work. Others operate in a business culture that treats positive thinking as a virtue and any discussion of potential problems as negativity. Some simply find it uncomfortable to dwell on worst-case scenarios, preferring to focus on growth and opportunity. The resistance is understandabl

A small business owner cannot control the economy, interest rates, supply chain disruptions, competitor pricing, a customer’s decision to leave a negative review, the mood of a government inspector, the weather on the day of an outdoor event, or the fact that a trusted vendor suddenly goes out of business.

Spring work begins in January with paperwork. New Jersey regulates residential home improvement through the Consumer Fraud Act, the Home Improvement Practices regulations, and the Home Improvement Contractors Registration Act. These rules set who may perform the work, what must appear in the contract, what disclosures are mandatory, and how changes must be documented. Courts enforce these requirements strictly. Noncompliance exposes contractors to treble damages and fee shift

January is the right time to bring corporate records and filings current. New Jersey expects companies to keep accurate books, maintain a valid registered agent, file the annual report, and preserve a clean record of ownership and governance. Courts and regulators judge what you did and what your documents say. A disciplined review now prevents avoidable problems when a lender, a buyer, or a plaintiff asks for your records later.