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The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the decision of the lower court in awarding attorney’s fees pursuant to the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) for a failure to respond to an information request, although a specific document request was not Legal Updates for New Jersey Public Entity & Civil Rights

In Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office v. Legal Updates for New Jersey Public Entity & Civil Rights

In Thorpe v. Kleinman, Docket No. A-3391-22 (App. Div. Nov. 1, 2024), the plaintiff sought video footage from the Freehold Township Police Department, the defendant in the case, in regard to a traffic obstruction charge. Legal Updates for New Jersey Public Entity & Civil Rights

In States Newsroom, Inc. v. Legal Updates for New Jersey Public Entity & Civil Rights, September 27, 20

Governor Murphy has signed a Bill, S2930/A4045, which overhauls the state’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA). The new law modifies the conditions that a records custodian must respond to when a request for records is received.  Legal Updates for New Jersey Public Entity & Civil Rights, June 7, 2024, ha

Last week the New Jersey Appellate Division and the Third Circuit issued two different opinions in regard to the notice requirements pursuant to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA). Legal Updates for New Jersey Public Entity & Civil Rights, February 20, 202

In Thomas v. City of Harrisburg, et al., 2023 WL 8461096 (3d Cir. Dec. Legal Update for Public Entity & Civil Rights Litigation, January 3, 2024, has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey.

In the recent case of Zezza v. Evesham Twp. Bd. Legal Updates for New Jersey Public Entity & Civil Rights, J

The plaintiff, Frank Brooks, submitted a written request under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and the common law right of access for a log showing the sender, recipient, date, submit line, persons copied, and persons blind-copied for each emai The material in this law alert has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey .

The plaintiff, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU), served the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey (CPANJ) with a request to produce documents pursuant to the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). The material in this law alert has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey.