Top News Clips for the Week of December 17-23
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of December 17-23.
Top News Clips for the Week of December 10-16
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of December 10-16.
New Jersey Is A “Judicial Hellhole”
The American Tort Reform Association has released its annual “Judicial Hellholes” report, and New Jersey is near the top of its list. ATRA notes that our state’s consumer protection laws are far from mainstream, and our court system is becoming hostile to arbitration agreements, in direct contravention of federal law.
Top News Clips for the Week of December 3-9
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of December 3-9.
NJCJI Asks High Court to Nix Some TCCWNA Class Actions
The New Jersey Civil Justice Institute has filed an amicus brief in a class action brought by consumers who claim a restaurant’s failure to clearly post prices in the menu on all drink items violates New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) and Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty, and Notice Act (TCCWNA). NJCJI has been spearheading the effort to reform both the Consumer Fraud Act and the Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty, and Notice Act, so we are very interested in what the court will do with this case and a similar case where the court will decide whether “charging different prices for the same beverage, depending upon where in the restaurant the beverage was served” can be the basis of a CFA and TCCWNA class action.
NJCJI Opposes the “Wage Theft” Bill
The New Jersey Civil Justice Institute strongly opposes the so-called “wage theft” bill the Assembly Labor Committee is holding a hearing on Monday. A862 does much more than protect employees against wage theft, which is, of course, already illegal. As amended, this bill would impose massive penalties on businesses who make well-intentioned errors on contentious questions, like the independent contractor/employee distinction, and would provide a backdoor for getting all the worst aspects of the pending “paid sick leave” legislation enacted.
Top News Clips for the Week of November 26 – December 2
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of November 26 - December 2.
Which Lawsuit Will Be Named New Jersey’s Most Ludicrous Lawsuit of 2016?
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2016’s Most Ludicrous Lawsuit Dishonorable Mentions
Not every ridiculous lawsuit filed in the Garden State can make it into the upper echelon of absurdity, so this year we are awarding Dishonorable Mentions to a handful of suits that didn’t quite make the cut, but still leave us scratching our heads in disbelief.