Category: Top Stories

Legislators Need to Hear from NJ Businesses if Liability Protection is to be Enacted

December 3, 2020

With COVID-19 cases spiking again the potential for additional restrictions on economic activity are a known concern for every employer in the state. Another issue for employers, and one that they might not be aware of, is potential liability for someone contracting, or alleging they contracted, COVID-19 at their place of business. Earlier this year, More »

Third Circuit Reiterates Product Liability Act Bars Some CFA Claims

December 3, 2020

In a recent published opinion, the Third Circuit (echoing a July 29, 2020 opinion from the New Jersey Supreme Court) held that some claims brought under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act are subsumed by the New Jersey Products Liability Act, while others are not. NJCJI previously reported on this issue and hosted a webinar with More »

NJCJI Argument before NJ Supreme Court – Attorney Keyword Advertising

November 19, 2020

Last week we wrote about NJCJI’s appearance before the New Jersey Supreme Court, at the Court’s request, on the issue of attorney keyword advertising. Shalom Stone, Stone Conroy, represented NJCJI. Click here for a video of the argument. The matter is In re Opinion No. 735 of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, More »

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September 16, 2020

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Legislative Alert: Workers’ Comp Presumption Legislation Likely in Committee Monday

July 24, 2020

Workers’ 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 »

NJCJI/US Chamber litigation to proceed; Motion to Dismiss by NJ Attorney General is denied

July 24, 2020

This 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 »

Appellate Division Upholds Arbitration Between “Sophisticated Buyers”

July 10, 2020

An appellate division appeal involving arbitration – 1567 South Realty, LLC and Butler Nissan v. Strategic Contract Brands – was decided this week. The decision clarified that the controversial arbitration-specific doctrine announced in Atalese v. U.S. Legal Services Group does not apply in cases involving commercial entities with equal bargaining power. Butler Nissan and Strategic More »

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration, Again

June 19, 2020

A familiar case will soon be back at the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court has agreed to hear another arbitration case in the coming term: Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because this is the second trip to the U.S. Supreme Court for these litigants. You will More »

“Right to Refuse Work” Guidance Released by NJDOL

June 12, 2020

The New Jersey Department of Labor released new guidance on employees who quit their jobs or refuse to return to work out of fear that their working conditions are “unsafe, unhealthful, or dangerous.” Existing case law limits the availability of UI when an employee quits his or her job. The working conditions must have been More »

New Jersey Re-Opening