Class Action News
As the stories below illustrate, our class action system is broken. But it is not beyond repair. Judges must step up their gatekeeping role and bring greater scrutiny to class action cases and settlements.
As the stories below illustrate, our class action system is broken. But it is not beyond repair. Judges must step up their gatekeeping role and bring greater scrutiny to class action cases and settlements.
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of January 28-February 3.
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of January 21-27.
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of January 14-20.
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of January 7-13.
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of December 31-January 6.
A recent article by Law360 surveyed New Jersey’s legal community about what issues it thinks we should all keep an eye on as members of the legislature come back to Trenton to finish up the second half of their two-year session and vie for re-election. Employment laws that increase employer liability, such as paid sick leave and equal pay, were identified by many as key issues, and NJCJI’s chief counsel, Alida Kass, pointed out that several anti-arbitration measures have also been introduced.
The New Jersey Law Journal identified the “explosion of suits based on the New Jersey Truth-In-Consumer Contract Warranty and Notice Act” as one of the top legal issues to emerge during the past year.
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of December 24-30.
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of December 17-23.