Top News Clips for the Week of March 5-11
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the [...]
Top News Clips for the Week of February 27-March 4
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of February 27-March 4.
Rules Committee Acts on NJCJI Petition, Makes Other Important Changes
The rules that govern what cases can come before the court, and how they are to proceed, play as big of a role in deciding the outcome of many disputes as the substantive law at issue does. That’s why we at NJCJI were quite eager to see what this year’s Rules Committees Reports would contain. This year’s Civil Practice Committee report is substantial, and we are still reviewing much of it, but below is a summary of a few key items of interest.
Top News Clips for the Week of January 30-February 5
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of January 30-February 5.
Attorney Made Infamous by His Premature Penis Enhancement Litigation Now Suing JDate Over Spam Email
Businesses be warned, Harold Hoffman has a new shtick. A few years ago, New Jersey Attorney Harold Hoffman made headlines when the court ruled that he could not bring a New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act suit against a company selling a penis enhancement product without actually trying the product. Now he is in the news again, this time for suing the popular Jewish dating website JDate for emailing him.
No More $5 Footlongs
The jingle may be stuck in our heads forever, but the era of $5 Footlongs is gone. Subway has announced that “cost increases” are forcing it to raise the price of its special sandwich deal by a dollar. Could some of these “cost increases” be related to the infamous Footlong lawsuit?
Top News Clips for the Week of January 23-29
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the [...]
Is Judicial Gatekeeping the Key to Class Action Reform?
“If you bought a Subway Six Inch or Footlong Sandwich between January 1, 2003 and October 2, 2015 your rights could be affected by a lawsuit.” This ominous message from subsettlement.com is intended to alert sandwich-eaters everywhere that our long national nightmare is over, the Subway “Footlong” lawsuit has been settled. So, what do we get? Money? Free sandwiches for life? Nope. In exchange for dropping the lawsuit, Subway has promised to do a better job with quality control to ensure that its sandwiches measure up. The lawyers in the case, however, are walking away with $525,000.
Top News Clips for the Week of January 16-22
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of January 16-22.
Top News Clips for the Week of December 12-18
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of December 12-18.