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New Jersey’s War on Independent Contractors: Criminal and Civil Penalties for Independent Contractor Misclassification Signed into Law
September 12, 2019Legislation targeting independent contractors has been signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy. Although sold as legislation addressing “wage theft”- simplefailure to pay agreed-upon lawful wages – the legislation was designed to deter the use of independent contractors. This legislation criminalizes misclassification and other wage and hour violations – 3-5 years in jail – including good More »
Read More »NJCJI’s Spring Luncheon
April 16, 2019Appellate Advocacy and the Role of Amici at the New Jersey Supreme Court Registration is now open for our Annual Spring Luncheon, featuring Justice Anne Patterson. We hope you can join us on Wednesday, May 29th from 12:00pm – 2:00pm at the Trenton Country Club in West Trenton, NJ. Space is limited – please visit More »
Read More »Wage & Hour Coalition
April 12, 2019Wage Hour Fairness Coalition Letter
Read More »A2903 Memo – Interested Parties
April 9, 2019A2903 Memo – Interested Parties
Read More »Letter to NJ Senators
November 12, 2018A letter shared this week from Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley indicates that New Jersey’s senators, Senators Menendez and Booker, have not met with the Third Circuit judicial nominee, Paul Matey, and have not returned the “blue slips” – a courtesy which has historically been extended to home state senators of proposed nominees, to ensure they More »
Read More »Decision from New Jersey Supreme Court on Accutane Appeal
October 3, 2018We had more good news coming out of the New Jersey Supreme Court this morning in the other Accutane appeal that was heard earlier this year. Today’s decision addressed the applicability of New Jersey’s Product Liability (PLA) to Accutane claims consolidated in MCL in Atlantic County, and the adequacy of Roche’s warning label under the More »
Read More »Save the Date!
September 25, 2018Mark your calendars and plan to join us on October 9th for our annual Fall Legal Reform Conference, featuring New Jersey Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo as our keynote speaker. This year’s event will be held at PriceWaterHouseCoopers Campus in Florham Park from 8:30AM-1:00PM. NJCI is pleased to announce New Jersey Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo will be the keynote speaker for our More »
Read More »Farewell, Emily
April 13, 2018After four years at the Civil Justice Institute, Emily Kelchen, our Director of Public Affairs, is leaving us to pursue other opportunities. We wish her the best in her future endeavors!
Read More »Top News Clips for the Week of March 10-16
March 16, 2018A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for March 10-16.
Read More »Top News Clips for March 3-9
March 9, 2018A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for March 3-9.
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