Top News Clips for the Week of March 11-17
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of March 11-17.
Food Fight: Why Is There So Much Food & Beverage Litigation in New Jersey?
Red Bull does not actually give you wings. Some of Subway’s famous footlongs do not measure exactly twelve inches. Chobani Greek yogurt is made in the United States, not Greece. None of these statements are shocking, but each of them has recently been the subject of well-publicized lawsuits filed on behalf of consumers.
The Super Bowl Lawsuit That Never Ends
According to the New York Times, Josh Finkelman is the “Erin Brockovich of Super Bowl tickets.” After paying well over face value for tickets to Super Bowl XLVIII, which was held at Met Life Stadium in 2014, he sued the National Football League under New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act, arguing he should have been able to attend the game without buying expensive tickets on the secondary market.
Bringing Common Sense To Our Legal System
Our court system shouldn’t have to deal with suits over [...]
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.
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.
Cast Your Vote for 2016’s Most Ludicrous Lawsuit
A lot of ridiculous lawsuits were filed in New Jersey this year, but only one can be crowned 2016’s Most Ludicrous Lawsuit. Cast your vote now for this year’s “winner.”
Top News Clips for the Week of October 29-November 4
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of October 29-November 4.
It’s Not That Courts Can’t Do It, It’s That They Shouldn’t Have To
In a recent issue of the New Jersey Law Journal, the Editorial Board hailed the work of the U.S. District Court judge in California that quickly disposed of the headline-generating case over the amount of ice Starbucks puts in its iced coffees. Wonderful. As the Board notes, the case “comes dangerously close to warranting Rule 11 sanctions.”