On April 7, 2022, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform (“ILR”) released an update on third-party litigation funding across the globe. Among the trends and developments ILR identified was the third-party litigation funding rule adopted by the District of New Jersey. NJCJI successfully advocated for this rule, Civ. Rule 7.1.1, last year. Read More »
Read More »The American Tort Reform Association (“ATRA”) recently released a report about the National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”). Traditionally, NAAG’s function was to host a forum for state attorneys general to coordinate shared antitrust cases and manage multistate investigations and lawsuits. However, as ATRA’s report shows, NAAG’s mission has crept from promoting consistency across these More »
Read More »On Monday, March 28, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon. Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon asks the Supreme Court to determine whether workers who load/unload goods from vehicles that travel in interstate commerce but do not themselves physically transport the goods across state lines are More »
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