Today’s Issue: Can educators read books aloud while live streaming, or post books online, without violating copyright laws? Answer: In response to COVID-19 and remote learning, many children’s publishers have temporarily altered their policies to permit educators to read to their students remotely. The School Library Journal has compiled a searchable list of publishers and […]

Today’s Issue: Will the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) begin to hear in-person plenary hearings in the month of June? Answer: No. The OAL does not anticipate conducting in-person plenary hearings in June. The OAL will continue to hear emergent matters via telephone or Zoom and will conduct conferences and oral argument via telephone. The […]

In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic, New Jersey temporarily extended the deadline to file New Jersey property tax appeals and set the deadline as 30 days following the lifting of New Jersey Governor’s Executive Order 103. In linking the extension to the state of emergency declaration and the declaration being lifted, it created an arbitrary […]

Adrienne L. Isacoff, Co-Chair of the Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor Construction and Public Contracting Group, will participate on a panel discussion entitled Some Frequent Issues in Residential Home Construction covering the Consumer Fraud Law and Construction Lien Law. This program, sponsored by the Bergen County Bar Association, is approved for a total […]

Today’s Issue: Can Boards of Education approve purchase orders after goods are received or after services are rendered? Answer: No. Purchase Orders (POs) must be issued in advance. There is no legal basis for a “Confirming Purchase Order” prepared after the work is done. Fiscal Indicator DPR #15, effective July 1, 2018, provides that “[t]he […]

Lou Cappelli, Jr, Director of the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders and Managing Partner in the Cherry Hill office at Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor, will speak at New Jersey Alliance for Action’s 6th Annual City of Camden….A Growing Economic Force!. Cappelli will be joined by other esteemed leaders including George E. […]

Today’s Issue: How many people may attend an in-person, outdoor commencement ceremony? Answer: State guidance says graduations must meet the relevant capacity limitation on in-person gatherings in place at the time of the ceremony. Currently outdoor gatherings are limited to 25 people, though that is expected to change in the coming months. Holding multiple ceremonies […]

Today’s Issue: Under the Open Public Meetings Act, is a public body permitted to hold a special meeting telephonically? Answer: Yes. Provided that the public body is in compliance with the 48 hours adequate notice requirement for a special meeting, pursuant to Executive Order 107, Department of Community Affairs guidelines, and A3850/S2294, P.L. 2020, c.11, […]

Today’s Issue: Can a Board of Education require a member of the public to provide his or her name and place of residency prior to making a public comment at a Board of Education meeting? Answer: Yes. The Open Public Meetings Act does not limit the ability of a public body to regulate the active […]

Today’s Issue: Does P.L. 2020, C. 27 require that school districts continue to pay stipends for coaches and advisors for spring sports and other extracurricular activities? Answer: Yes. Under sections 9.e.(1) and (2), during the period of school closure, both those employees covered by a collective negotiations agreement and those that are not, shall be […]