News & Insights

Common Commercial Real Estate Disputes to be Aware of in 2023

Dylan R. Newton and Michael S. Horn recently co-authored the article "Common Commercial Real Estate Disputes to be Aware of in 2023," published by Northeast Real Estate Business. The article focuses on various commerical real estate disputes, including breach of contracts, real estate fraud, shareholder disputes and partition actions. ...read more

Development Moratoria Resurrected in the Highlands

(Reprinted with permission from the June 3, 2013, edition of New Jersey Law Journal. © 2013 ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited.) By: Guliet D. Hirsch ...read more

Flat Legal Fee Pass-Along Assessed By Tenants Ruled Illegal Fee Splitting

The state appeals court reinstated a class action on behalf of apartment tenants who were charged a flat $400.00 attorney fee any time the landlord consulted an attorney to enforce lease provisions. ...read more

Philadelphia Property Reassessments for Tax Year 2027

The Philadelphia Office of Property Assessment has completed a citywide reassessment in Philadelphia to take effect tax year 2027. According to the city, it relied on a Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal system, aerial and street level imagery, and other tools to review more than 580,000 residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional properties in the city.  The new values for individual property are available online at property.phila.gov.  Written notices of the new values were mailed beginning the week of June 29, 2026.         ...read more

FinCEN’s New Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has published a new Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule (“Rule”), which will take effect nationwide on March 1, 2026.  ...read more

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Lower Court Ruling Denying Commercial Property Owners’ Split Tax Rate Challenge

Late last year, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Delaware Court of Chancery’s ruling in Newark Property Association et. al. v. State of Delaware et. al, 2025 WL 3041907 (Del. Ch. Oct. 30, 2025), where the Chancery Court rejected commercial taxpayers’ challenges to House Bill 242 (“HB 242”). HB 242, which passed following a special session of the state General Assembly in August, allowed school boards to reset their tax rates for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to permit commercial and residential taxpayers to be taxed at different tax rates. ...read more

Archer & Greiner Welcomes 2026 New Associate Class

Archer & Greiner, P.C. (“Archer”) is pleased to announce that six associates have joined the firm as members of its 2026 new associate class. The incoming associates will practice across the firm's Voorhees, Hackensack, and Red Bank offices. Each member of this year's class brings strong academic credentials, valuable legal experience, and a commitment to client service that reflects the firm's values. Their arrival deepens the firm's bench across key practice areas and reinforces its investment in developing the next generation of legal talent. ...read more

Real Estate Partner Michael Stutman Joins Archer in Philadelphia

Archer continues to advance its strategic growth in Philadelphia with the addition of Michael J. Stutman as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice. ...read more

Thomas Muccifori Again Nominated to Lead Burlington Bar Association Section

Thomas A. Muccifori, of Moorestown, N.J., continues his longstanding service to the General Equity Section of the Burlington County Bar Association (BCBA) and has once again been re-appointed as Co-Chair of the committee for the 2014-2015 year. ...read more

Community Associations

Brian Harvey will be presenting the program “Community Associations,” at the Atlantic Builders Convention. This program will examine community association-based laws in NJ. Panelists will also discuss recent changes to the Planned Real Estate Development rules and best practices for establishing a community association. ...read more

Bill Caruso to Moderate CCSNJ Cannabis Workshop - Cannabis in South Jersey: Part Two

Bill Caruso, chair of Archer's Cannabis Group, will serve as moderator for the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey's (CCSNJ) half-day Cannabis Workshop, titled "Cannabis in South Jersey: Part Two." The program will consist of three panel discussions including a mixture of local municipal leaders supportive of the cannabis industry, conversations on the obstacles cannabis business owners and cultivators are facing, as well as a regulatory/legislative panel with statewide cannabis experts. ...read more

Alex Paul Genato to Present "Navigating a Real Estate Tax Appeal in 2023"

Topic: Navigating a Real Estate Tax Appeal in 2023 ...read more