M&B Law is excited to welcome Widener University Delaware Law School students, Alanna Larson and Cailin Bernazzoli, to the firm as our Summer 2023 law clerks. They will be involved in all facets of our practice. For a brief introduction: READ MORE
Category: M&B’s blog, Perspectives
Appellate Division Offers Insight to Recent Change to Tax Sale Law
In an Article Published in the New Jersey Law Journal, Paige M. Bellino and Stephen McNally expressed their position that a recent change to the Tax Sale Law, N.J.S.A. 54:5-89.1, was detrimental to the interest of property owners who are READ MORE
Is Your Homeowner’s or Condominium Association Giving You a Headache? Let M&B Law Help You Find the Right Remedy
Recently our firm McNally & Bellino, LLC has been inundated with calls from frustrated homeowners involved in disputes with homeowners’ associations and condominium boards. In some instances, it may be individual board directors who are creating headaches for homeowners. The READ MORE
Is the Short Cut to Tax Foreclosure Being Abused-When is a Property Really Abandoned?
By: Stephen McNally, Esquire and Paige M. Bellino, The time period for commencing a tax foreclosure action is governed by N.J.S.A. 54:5-86(a). Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-86(a), a private tax sale certificate holder is obligated to wait two (2) years from READ MORE
Change in the Law Offers More Challenges for Redemption of Tax Sale Certificates
By Stephen McNally, Esq. & Paige M. Bellino, Esq. Our article entitled “Simon v. Cronecker-Alive and Well” (the “Simon Article”) was recently published in the Summer 2021 Edition of the New Jersey Land Title Association’s Newsletter, The Advocate. The Simon READ MORE
To Include or Not to Include, That is the Question: New Jersey’s Evolving Interpretation of the Attorney Review Clause Mandate in Real Estate Contracts
By: Paige M. Bellino, Esquire A recent Appellate Division case discussed the convoluted and little understood requirement for attorney review in residential real estate contracts, which requirement stems from the mandate issued by the New Jersey Supreme Court in N.J. READ MORE
The Risk of Creating a Joint Venture
By: Stephen McNally, Esquire A recent unpublished Appellate Division Decision, Steven Batitsas and Diane Sarahwati v. Park Point Investors, LLC, addresses the possibility that a joint venture is created even if not intended by the parties. In Batitsas, the plaintiffs READ MORE
Recent Appellate Division Case Highlights the Importance of a Well Drafted and Negotiated Broker’s Commission Agreement
By: Stephen McNally, Esquire and Paige M. Bellino, Esquire The recent unpublished Appellate Division decision DKNJ v. Reussi Capital offers a warning for those real estate brokers who fail to properly document an agreement for a commission arising from the sale/purchase READ MORE
The Appellate Division Resolves an Unanswered Question on the Equitable Subrogation Doctrine
By: Stephen McNally, Esquire and Paige M. Bellino, Esquire The Appellate Division in a published opinion (New York Mortgage Trust 2005-3 Mortgage Back Notes, U.S. Bank National Association As Trustee v. Anthony and Catherine Deely and Bank of America) resolved an READ MORE
Imagining The Post Pandemic Law Firm: Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks
By: Stephen McNally, Esquire Thirty years of practice does not prepare you for a pandemic. Indeed, just the opposite- complacency sets you in your ways and you struggle to adapt to a changing reality. So, when our previous law office READ MORE