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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 »This Litigation is Bananas
August 2, 2019This Costume is Bananas: Third Circuit Judge Thomas Hardiman wrestles with validity of copyright for full-body banana costumes. An interlocutory appeal in copyright infringement litigation between Kangaroo Manufacturing and Rasta Imposta raises a question of first impression – whether a banana costume’s “costume’s non-utilitarian, sculptural features” are copyrightable. Kangaroo Manufacturing sells a banana costume that More »
Read More »Working Hard or Making Work? Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Fees in Securities Fraud Class Actions
July 26, 2019Prime beach reading has been posted on SSRN. The potential for self-dealing for attorneys representing plaintiff classes is a persistent problem. NJCJI has repeatedly pointed out that the class action model is a deeply flawed mechanism for delivering relief to class members, with attorneys more often creating the illusion of relief for class members while More »
Read More »Recent Hearing at U.S. Senate Judiciary on Arbitration Highlights Benefits of Streamlined Dispute Resolution
May 10, 2019Dovetailing with current trends at the state level, Senate Democrats have recently introduced legislation that would reform arbitration. The bill, dubbed the “FAIR” Act, pushed primarily by Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, would seek to eliminate arbitration clauses in employment and consumer cases. On April 2nd, the Senate Judiciary Committee, still controlled by Senate Republicans, More »
Read More »Independent Contractor Links
May 3, 2019Ninth Circuit Court applying the ABC Test Opinion Letter from the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor Third Circuit Court litigation regarding classification of Uber drivers
Read More »Orientale vs. Jennnings
May 1, 2019Orientale vs. Jennnings The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Orientale v. Jennings on April 24, 2019 – a case that could lead to new rules regarding remittitur and additur. The New Jersey Civil Justice Institute (as well as several other organizations) submitted an amicus curiae brief addressing specific issues raised by the Court. One More »
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April 22, 2019NJCJI’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 »
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