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Institute for Legal Reform Releases Update on Third-Party Litigation Funding
April 15, 2022On 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 »ATRA Issues Report About the National Association of Attorneys General
April 8, 2022The 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 »SCOTUS Hears Oral Argument in Arbitration Case
April 1, 2022On 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 »
Read More »NJCJI Joins Coalition in Opposing FAIR Act
March 25, 2022NJCJI joined a coalition of business advocacy organizations in a letter opposing H.R. 963, the “Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act.” The so-called FAIR Act would prohibit pre-dispute arbitration agreements that require arbitration in employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights disputes or that interfere with the ability of individual plaintiffs to participate in joint, class, More »
Read More »Merck Wins Dismissal in Fosamax Lawsuits
March 25, 2022On March 23, 2022, the Honorable Freda L. Wolfson, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, issued a comprehensive opinion granting summary judgment to Merck in In re Fosamax (Alendronate Sodium) Products Liability Litigation. Chief Judge Wolfson’s decision ends about 500 lawsuits filed over the last fourteen years. In More »
Read More »New Jersey Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument from NJCJI in Important Independent Contractor Case
March 18, 2022On March 14, NJCJI appeared as a friend of the New Jersey Supreme Court in East Bay Drywall, LLC v. New Jersey Dep’t of Labor and Workforce Devel., No. 085770, a dispute over application of New Jersey’s “ABC Test” for determining whether workers paid as independent contractors should instead have been classified as employees. The drywall installation More »
Read More »U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey Denies Claimants’ Motions to Dismiss LTL’s Bankruptcy Proceedings
March 4, 2022On February 25, 2022, Chief Judge Michael Kaplan, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Jersey, denied claimants’ motions to dismiss bankruptcy proceedings filed by LTL Management, LLC (“LTL”). Allowing LTL to continue with its bankruptcy proceedings will allow LTL to efficiently and fairly resolve current and future personal injury claims related to talc More »
Read More »NJCJI’s Amicus Brief Accepted by New Jersey Supreme Court in Independent Contractor Case
February 25, 2022On February 11, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court granted NJCJI’s request to participate as an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) in the matter of East Bay Drywall, LLC v. New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The East Bay Drywall case addresses the application of the “ABC test” to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent More »
Read More »NJCJI Files Comment Supporting Proposed Amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 702
February 18, 2022This week, NJCJI filed its comment with the Judiciary Conference Advisory Committee in support of the proposed amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 (“Proposed Amendment”). The Proposed Amendment will clarify that the proponent of expert testimony is required to demonstrate its admissibility by a preponderance of the evidence. This clarification will assist federal courts More »
Read More »NJCJI President Testifies on Public Nuisance Bill
February 11, 2022On February 10, 2022, NJCJI President Anthony Anastasio testified before the Senate Environmental and Energy Committee on Senate Bill 1005, which seeks to transform the tort of public nuisance in the context of hazardous lead paint. While this was the first time S1005 has come up for a committee hearing this session, its predecessor, S697, was up More »
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