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 [...]
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.
NJ Supreme Court Sets Oral Argument Schedule for 2016-2017 Term
The New Jersey Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on the following dates during its 2016-2017 term: September 12-13 September 26-27
Top News Clips for the Week of April 23-29
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of April 23-29.
Top News Clips for the Week of April 9-15
A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of April 9-15.
NJ Supreme Court Announces New Policies
On Thursday, the New Jersey Supreme Court announced that it has come to a decision about what to do about three important topics that it has been wrestling with: the Uniform Bar Examination, admission by motion, and metadata in electronic documents.