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NJCJI and ICNJ Joint Amicus Brief Accepted by the Supreme Court of New Jersey
October 22, 2021On September 29, NJCJI joined the Insurance Council of New Jersey (ICNJ) in filing an amicus curiae brief with the New Jersey Supreme Court in Crystal Point Condo. Ass’n v. Kinsale Insurance. The Appellate Division’s opinion in that case eschewed New Jersey’s strong public policy in favor of arbitration and allowed the plaintiff, a third-party beneficiary to an More »
Read More »Legal uncertainty about worker classification is a lurking threat to New Jersey’s already less than vibrant economy
September 29, 2021NJCJI’s President, Anthony Anastasio, wrote an op-ed for NJBIZ highlighting the combined impact that the “ABC Test”, Wage Theft Act and related class action lawsuits have on New Jersey’s economy. Read the full article here.
Read More »NJCJI’s Amicus Brief Accepted by New Jersey Supreme Court in Affidavit of Merit Case
September 17, 2021NJCJI will participate as amicus curiae in the upcoming New Jersey Supreme Court case, Haviland v. Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, Inc. On September 15, 2021, the Court granted NJCJI’s motion to appear as amicus curiae. The Haviland case will be a landmark decision addressing how the Affidavit of Merit (“AOM”) statute applies to More »
Read More »NJCJI President Included in NJBIZ Law Power 50
July 30, 2021This week, NJBIZ magazine included NJCJI’s President, Anthony Anastasio, in its 2021 “Law Power 50” list. The list contains many influential members of New Jersey’s legal profession. Anthony would like to thank NJCJI’s board, its membership, staff, outside counsel and vendors for making his inclusion on this list possible. He would also like to note that More »
Read More »New Jersey Federal Courts Adopt New Local Rule Requiring Disclosure of Third-Party Litigation Funding
June 25, 2021On June 21, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (“USDNJ”) adopted Local Rule 7.1.1, which promotes transparency in third-party litigation funding (“TPLF”). NJCJI and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform (“ILR”) submitted a joint comment to the USDNJ in support of this rule because it will More »
Read More »Three Related Bills Seeking to Increase NJ Department of Labor’s Enforcement Power Rushed Through NJ Legislature
June 18, 2021On Wednesday, June 16, 2021, both the Senate Labor Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee considered a package of proposed legislation that expands the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s (“NJDOL”) enforcement power to address worker misclassification. Notably, these bills were first introduced the prior Friday, June 11, 2021, which gave little time to More »
Read More »Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli Outlines his Vision for the Future of New Jersey at NJCJI’s 2021 Spring Event
June 18, 2021NJCJI held its annual Spring Event at the Trenton Country Club on Friday, June 11, 2021. Despite being a rainy Friday evening with plenty of traffic on the roads, we still enjoyed a healthy turnout at the event. Republican gubernatorial candidate, Jack Ciattarelli, was kind enough to take time away from his busy campaign schedule to More »
Read More »Senate Labor Committee Releases Bill that Seeks to Increase Criminal Prosecution of Wage and Hour Violations
June 11, 2021On Thursday, June 10, the Senate Labor Committee also considered Senate Bill 3580, which mandates that an assistant prosecutor be assigned in each New Jersey county to criminally prosecute wage and hour law violations and provides funding for said assignments. Against the backdrop of widespread legal confusion regarding those laws in the civil context, increasing More »
Read More »Senate Labor Committee Releases Bill that Seeks to Radically Change the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
June 11, 2021On Thursday, June 10, 2021, the Senate Labor Committee considered Senate Bill 3352, which is sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg. The bill proposes radical changes to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination [NJLAD] that will vastly increase frivolous litigation against all New Jersey businesses, big and small. All businesses should therefore take notice of More »
Read More »NJCJI Sounds the Alarm on State Judicial Vacancies
May 14, 2021Through an opinion editorial and television appearance this week, NJCJI’s President, Anthony Anastasio, called on New Jersey’s Governor and Senate to immediately address the state’s judicial vacancy crisis. State court judicial vacancies are now at a historic high. With criminal jury trials restarting in mid-June (after being suspended for over a year) and the Governor’s More »
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