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A business partner changes passwords and shuts you out of company records. Learn how the operating agreement, management structure, and New Jersey law affect the next steps. Contact the Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont to discuss an LLC ownership dispute.

Unanswered requests for admission can establish facts in a New Jersey lawsuit. Learn the response deadline, how qualified answers work, and when a court may allow withdrawal. The Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont assists clients with discovery and commercial litigation.

Court forms and case-specific interrogatories follow different procedures in New Jersey. Learn which cases use uniform questions, when answers are due, and what a business must review before signing. The Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont assists clients with litigation and discovery.

A formal offer of judgment can change the financial consequences of a trial. Learn how New Jersey’s deadlines, percentage thresholds, and exceptions work before deciding whether to accept an offer. The Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont helps litigants evaluate settlement decisions.

Commercial lease renewal in New Jersey can depend on deadlines months before expiration. Review notice windows, delivery requirements, and option conditions. Contact the Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont to protect your business location.

Paid in full checks in New Jersey may settle more than you intend. Learn how disputed invoices, settlement language, and payment procedures affect your rights. Contact the Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont before accepting a conditional payment.

Dissolving your LLC does not erase the personal guarantee you signed on the lease, the SBA loan, or the equipment financing. This guide explains how a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in New Jersey discharges guaranteed business debt, why the entity itself never receives a discharge, how the means test and the federal exemption election work for New Jersey filers, what Section 523 never wipes out, and the insider preference and fraudulent transfer traps that can cost an owner the dischar

A New Jersey court decides who owes what; it does not move the money. Collecting a judgment in New Jersey is a separate project with its own filings, rules, and costs. This guide covers docketing a Special Civil Part or Law Division judgment statewide, information subpoenas, enforcing litigant's rights when the debtor ignores you, writs of execution, wage garnishment limits, bank levies, property liens, the twenty year clock, and whether collection is worth the spend.

Most buyers assume an asset purchase leaves the seller's problems behind. New Jersey law says otherwise. This guide covers the four successor liability exceptions, the product line rule, the bulk sale notification to the Division of Taxation, worker classification exposure, assignment and change of control traps, and the escrow and indemnification structure that actually protects someone buying a business in New Jersey.

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.

A meritorious case can be lost before anyone reaches the facts. The affidavit of merit in New Jersey requires a sworn expert statement within 60 days of each defendant's answer, and the statute reaches architects, engineers, accountants, attorneys, land surveyors and more, not just doctors. This post covers the deadline, why missing it means dismissal with prejudice, why the Ferreira conference will not save you, and the exceptions that genuinely exist. From the Law Offices o

A defendant who hides from a process server buys time, not immunity. Learn how service of process in New Jersey works when personal service fails, including substituted service by certified mail, court ordered service by email or social media, and service by publication under the New Jersey Court Rules.