Back in 2013 a picture of a Subway sandwich measuring closer to 11 inches than 12 inches went viral, and soon afterwards, the lawsuits (filed by a New Jersey resident under our state’s Consumer Fraud Act of course) began to fly.
License plates dub New Jersey the “Garden State,” and while [...]
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of August 27-September 1.
New Jersey has a reputation it needs to rid itself of. No, we’re not talking about the hit our state took from being stereotyped as the home of Snooki and the rest of the Jersey Shore gang. What we’re talking about is our reputation as a magnet for pharmaceutical lawsuits. Although we have seen some positive changes in our court system over the past few years, our status as the nation’s medicine chest is still threatened by excessive litigation.
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of August 20-26.
Each week the New Jersey Law Journal has a section [...]
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of August 13-19.
The role of gatekeeper, determining which cases merit the attention of the court, is among the most important responsibilities of our judges. This past week, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals exercised its role as gatekeeper, putting the brakes on a proposed settlement of a lawsuit over Walgreens’ planned merger with the Swiss company Alliance Boots GmbH.
In a recent article from NJ.com, a quote from NJCJI’s Marcus Rayner reveals the true driver of the recent boom in consumer fraud litigation: profits.
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of August 6-12.
