Top News Clips for the Week of June 25-July 1
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of June 25-July 1.
Would Your Private Contracts Survive NJ Supreme Court Review?
Earlier this month, the New Jersey Supreme Court released two [...]
Do You Think the Lawyers in the Ticketmaster Case Deserve $15Mil?
NJCJI’s Director of Public Affairs, Emily Kelchen, has a letter [...]
Top News Clips for the Week of June 18-24
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of June 18-24.
What is it With Coffee & Frivolous Lawsuits?
You probably have heard of the McDonald’s coffee case, the one where a jury awarded a woman over $2 million because the coffee she was served was so hot it burnt her when she spilled it on herself in the car. But have you heard about the coffee case over cup sizes? Or how about the one over iced coffee with “too much” ice in it?
NJCJI Opposes the “Wage Theft” Bill
The New Jersey Civil Justice Institute strongly opposes the so-called [...]
Top News Clips for the Week of June 11-17
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of June 11-17.
New Jersey Supreme Court Doubles Down on Bad Arbitration Law
On June 14, the New Jersey Supreme Court released its highly anticipated opinion in Morgan v. Sanford Brown Inst. The case has been closely watched because it is the first time the court has taken up an arbitration-related case since it began experimenting with reining in arbitration during the 2013-14 court term. Despite NJCJI’s best effort, namely an amicus curie brief arguing New Jersey must conform to federal law, the court affirmed that it intends to carve out special rules for how our state will treat arbitration agreements.
High Court Decision Calls Employment Contracts Into Question
The New Jersey Supreme Court issued another disappointing decision this week, over-turning an employment contract in the name of creating better public policy. At issue was an employment contract that set its own time limit for bringing lawsuits against the employer instead of relying on the default rules in the statutes as a limit. The high court decided to ignore the contract and allow the employee to bring a lawsuit well after the time limit he had agreed to when he was hired.
Top News Clips for the Week of June 4-10
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of June 4-10.