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NEW DATE for our 2017 Winter Policy Forum
March 13, 2017Due to the impending snow storm, our annual Winter Policy Forum has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 30, from Noon-1:30 PM, at the Trenton Country Club. Asm. Jack Ciattarelli (R-Somerville), one of the top Republican candidates for governor, will be our featured speaker.
Read More »Growing Jury Verdicts Make Appeals Challenging
March 10, 2017Certain New Jersey businesses have a hard time appealing verdicts against them because it is simply too expensive to do so. The cost comes not just from the expense of hiring attorneys, but from having to post a bond for the full amount of an adverse verdict before being allowed to appeal. In this day and age, eye-popping jury verdicts are not uncommon, but financial regulations and the nature of certain businesses makes it challenging to get funding for appeal bonds.
Read More »NJ’s Discovery Rule Means A Two Year Statute Of Limitations Is Quite Fair
March 10, 2017An article in the latest edition of the business newspaper NJBIZ highlights a disagreement between lawyers that has delayed an important change to our civil justice system for nearly a decade. As the article explains, plaintiffs’ attorneys have protested attempts by the New Jersey State Bar Association and other non-legal professional associations to standardize the statute of limitations in professional malpractice cases.
Read More »Alida Kass A Finalist For NJBIZ’s General Counsel of the Year Award
March 10, 2017The New Jersey Civil Justice Institute is thrilled to announce that our chief counsel, Alida Kass, is a finalist for NJBIZ’s General Counsel of the Year Award. The General Counsel of the Year Award honors the state’s most dynamic General Counsels and Chief Legal Officers.
Read More »Legal Reform & Economic Development
March 3, 2017Balancing the state budget and funding all of the programs the state thinks are important is not an easy task. Revenue growth is steady, but slow, and we are already one of the highest taxed states in the nation, so there is little room to maneuver.
Read More »Christie Outlines Budget Priorities
March 3, 2017On February 28, Gov. Christie delivered his eighth and final budget address to a joint session of the legislature, officially kicking off negotiations on the state’s FY 2018 budget. The legislature’s focus for the next few months will essentially be on the budget, as it must be passed by July 1.
Read More »New Jersey Has A Lawsuit Problem
February 17, 2017Anyone who says our state does not have a lawsuit problem need only look at this week’s newsletter to see there is no shortage of crazy lawsuits being filed in the Garden State.
Read More »Class Action News
February 10, 2017As the stories below illustrate, our class action system is broken. But it is not beyond repair. Judges must step up their gatekeeping role and bring greater scrutiny to class action cases and settlements.
Read More »10 Years Strong
February 3, 2017They say time flies when you are having fun, but it is still hard to believe that 2017 marks the New Jersey Civil Justice Institute’s ten year anniversary. Our team has spent every one of the past years advocating for a legal system that is predictable, fair, and efficient so that abuse is limited, and More »
Read More »How Much “Mental Torment” Does Tripping Over A Christmas Tree Cause?
February 3, 2017Reading about bizarre lawsuits, like the one NJ.com reported on this week where a guy is suing because he tripped over a Christmas tree set out at the curb, is somewhat of a guilty pleasure. It’s fun to imagine what in the world the plaintiff and their attorney were thinking. Although it is hard to assume it was something other than the “money, money, money, money, money” refrain in the classic O’Jays’ tune.
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