It is a pleasure to announce here what is also being announced elsewhere: as of January 1, 2021, my firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC will become Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC. Our partner, Victor A. Afanador, will thus become a name partner of the firm. Victor joined the firm as an associate in 2001. He became a partner in 2008. A gifted trial lawyer, Victor has tried a number of cases to jury verdicts in state and federal court. His civil litigation practice spans the defense of public entities, including a number of New Jersey’s biggest cities, employment cases, and...

Johnson & Johnson v. Director, Division of Taxation, ___ N.J. ___ (2020). As summarized here, the Appellate Division, in an opinion by Judge Haas, reversed a Tax Court ruling against Johnson & Johnson on cross-motions for summary judgment, giving the company a significant victory. The Supreme Court granted certification. Today, in a 5-1 per curiam decision, the Court affirmed. The majority opinion read as follows: “The judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Haas’s thoughtful opinion, which rests heavily on the...

The year 2020 has been a challenging (to say the least) period of time for many of us, in New Jersey, in the United States, and worldwide. Over 250,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, and many more have been hospitalized or “merely” sickened. A contentious Presidential election, in which the incumbent attempted to sabotage the voting and then baselessly sought to void the results with unsupported claims of voting fraud, added to the collective misery. But there are things to be thankful for as Thanksgiving arrives tomorrow. Preliminary test results hold out hope that a vaccine...