Did you know that there are over 500 municipal courts located across the state of New Jersey? That’s something we learned when we downloaded the Judicial System’s latest app, which has contact information and directions to each of the state’s 506 municipal courts and a wealth of other information.
A new TV show focused on the legal world is debuting in New Jersey, and one of its first guests is NJCJI President Marcus Rayner. Rayner appeared on Pro Se Nation alongside Andy Dwyer of the Dwyer Law Firm to discuss the recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision Lippman v. Ethicon.
The New Jersey Supreme Court will convene its 2015-16 term [...]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform has released its latest survey of state legal climates. Unfortunately, New Jersey’s ranking fell to 38 this year, down from 32 in 2012 when the survey was last released. This is cause for anxiety in a state that is struggling to grow its economy since the survey also found that “75 percent of attorneys at U.S. companies say a state's lawsuit environment is likely to impact important business decisions at their company, including where to locate or expand.” That is an 18 percent increase from eight years ago, and an all-time high.
James E. Cecchi, a partner at Carella Byrne, will bring [...]
Martin Bricketto’s recent article in Law360, “5 Dos And Don'ts For Employers After NJ's Ethicon Ruling” vividly illustrates the struggle companies are going to have applying the New Jersey Supreme Court’s holding in Lippman v. Ethicon to real world situations.
When most people think consumer fraud protection they imagine government agents going out into the field to inspect businesses, write tickets, and shut down bad-actors. As reports from the state Attorney General’s office can attest, these things do happen, but they are just one part of the state’s enforcement mechanism. A wide variety of regulations are also enforced via lawsuits brought by private attorneys effectively deputized as government enforcement agents.
Steve C. Lee, the Acting Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs will take the stage with Senator Peter Barnes (D-Middlesex) and Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (R-Morris) at NJCJI’s September 18 conference to discuss business regulation.
The New Jersey Civil Justice Institute has partnered with the United States Chamber of Commerce to file a friend of the court brief in a lawsuit that will answer this question. However, as you may have guessed, this lawsuit is about much more than flooring. This lawsuit could be the key to stopping out-of-control regulatory enforcement litigation under New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act.
The New Jersey Law Journal is currently conducting an anonymous survey assessing the legal community’s opinion of our state’s trial judges. This is one of the only opportunities New Jersey litigants have to make their true opinions about specific Superior Court judges known, so we encourage all of our members to take the survey before it closes on September 4.
