NJ State PBA Legal Corner By Robert A. Fagella, Esq. and Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. A law enforcement officer is ineligible for disability retirement benefits if he or she irrevocably…
Read MoreNJ State PBA Legal Corner By Robert A. Fagella, Esq. and Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. In the September issue of NJ Cops Magazine, we wrote about a decision issued by…
Read MoreNJ State PBA Legal Corner By Robert A. Fagella, Esq. and Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. In the Internet era, the boundary between our private and public lives has become increasingly…
Read MoreNJ State PBA Legal Corner By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. Daniel’s Law, which was enacted in 2020, amends the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and other…
Read MoreNJ State PBA Legal Corner By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. The attorney general issued the Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2022-14 in November. It concerns…
Read MoreNJ State PBA Legal Corner By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. As we have discussed in previous articles, there is a great deal of uncertainty about how…
Read MoreNJ State PBA Legal Corner By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. As a result of the recent passage of the recreational cannabis law known as the New…
Read MoreNJ State PBA Legal Corner By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. As a result of a recent decision by a federal court in New Jersey, qualified retired…
Read MoreNJ STATE PBA LEGAL CORNER By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. It is not uncommon for law enforcement officers to find themselves in a position in which…
Read MoreNJ STATE PBA LEGAL CORNER By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. The issue of whether internal affairs reports are disclosable under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA)…
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