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Lead Paint Public Nuisance Legislation Held in Senate Environment
September 18, 2020The Senate Environment Committee considered S697, legislation that would dramatically expand public nuisance doctrine this week. After considering testimony from NJCJI and other friends from the business community, the Committee declined to vote to release the legislation. For the second time in less than a year, the legislation sponsored by Senator Ruiz was again considered More »
Read More »We Are Hiring!
September 16, 2020It’s a dream job for the sort of lawyer for whom this is a dream job. If you are smart on legal policy, contact Alida Kass.
Read More »Fabiana Pierre-Louis Confirmed to NJ Supreme Court
August 28, 2020The newest justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court was confirmed this week by a vote of 39-0. Fabiana Pierre Louis will take the seat of Justice Walter Timpone, who is retiring after just over four years on the Court. He is retiring a few months shy of the mandatory retirement age of 70. Pierre-Louis, More »
Read More »Workers Comp Legislation Still on Governor’s Desk
August 28, 2020Legislation that will shift the cost of the COVID pandemic onto New Jersey businesses and taxpayers has been on the Governor’s desk since it was voted out of the Assembly on July 30th. Governor Murphy has until September 14th to sign, veto, or conditionally veto the legislation. If the Governor takes no action after 45 days the More »
Read More »NJ Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration Agreement in Skuse v. Pfizer
August 21, 2020There was some good news from the New Jersey Supreme Court this week, as the Court overturned the Appellate Division decision below to uphold an arbitration agreement in Skuse v. Pfizer. NJCJI participated as amicus at both the Appellate Division and Supreme Court. Our participation at the Appellate Division was prompted by the surprise decision More »
Read More »NJ Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of Consumer Fraud Act to Claims Involving Products
August 7, 2020The New Jersey Supreme Court issued a notable decision this week in Sun Chemical Corporation v. Fike Corporation and Suppression Systems, Inc. The decision came in response to a certified question from the Third Circuit, asking whether “a Consumer Fraud Act claim can be based, in part or exclusively, on a claim that also might More »
Read More »A3999 on Governor’s Desk
July 31, 2020Legislation that will shift the cost of the COVID pandemic onto New Jersey businesses and taxpayers moved quickly in the Assembly this week. A3999 dictates that “essential workers” who contract COVID are presumed to have caught the virus on the job. The legislation was voted out of the Senate in May but was held in More »
Read More »Legislative Alert: Workers’ Comp Presumption Legislation Likely in Committee Monday
July 24, 2020Workers’ Compensation legislation – A3999 – is expected to be added to the Assembly Appropriations Committee agenda for Monday. The bill would dictate that “essential” employees who develop COVID-19 are presumed to have contracted the virus on the job. This legislation was voted out of the Senate in May but Assembly leadership did not seem More »
Read More »NJCJI/US Chamber litigation to proceed; Motion to Dismiss by NJ Attorney General is denied
July 24, 2020This week Federal District Court Judge Anne Thompson issued a procedural decision in litigation filed by NJCJI and our friends at the US Chamber defending arbitration rights in employment contracts against a legislative prohibition. The legislation, which was adopted in 2019, bans all prospective waivers of “procedural rights” in employment contracts. NJCJI explained at the More »
Read More »NJ Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration Agreement
July 17, 2020NJCJI has had our disagreements with the reluctance by NJ courts to enforce arbitration agreements. So it is worth noting when thoughtful and appropriate analysis arrives at the right outcome. This week, in an opinion by Justice Fernandez-Vina, the New Jersey Supreme Court addressed a pair of arbitration cases – Arafa v. Health Express Corporation More »
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