Christie, Romney, and Legal Reform
Paul Ryan is Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential pick. This means Governor Christie officially belongs to New Jersey for at least another [...]
NJ Supreme Court Says ‘No’ – Why Pet Owners’ ‘Emotional Distress’ Doesn’t Hold up in Court
In part, it’s, the human-versus-animal, possession-versus- humankind argument. New Jersey resident Joyce McDougall witnessed her cute Maltese-poodle’s violent death [...]
Forever is too long to file child-sex-abuse cases
Marcus Rayner | Gloucester County Times
The horror stories that nearly a dozen boys experienced at the hands of Jerry Sandusky during his years as an assistant coach at Penn State are difficult to hear.
Be prudent changing statute of limitations
By Marcus Rayner | Daily Record
The horror stories that nearly a dozen boys experienced at the hands of Jerry Sandusky during his years as an assistant coach at Penn State are difficult to hear.
Rayner on Aurora Massacre: Don’t blame Warner Brothers
Listen to NJCJI president Marcus Rayner discuss the first of what is expected to be many lawsuits stemming from the movie theatre [...]
TMZ: First Lawsuit Over James Holmes Massacre. Lawyer says “Somebody has to be responsible for the rampant violence that is shown today.”
Yes, that would be the killer. A survivor of the Aurora, Colorado theatre massacre has hired an attorney and [...]
The difference is, charging excessive fees is fair when WE do it…
A class action lawsuit brought by major corporations and trade associations against Visa, Inc., and Mastercard, Inc., charged that the [...]
Bill allowing direct appeals of class-action suits advances
Andrew Kitchenman | NJBIZ
The bill, A-894, is one of the key pieces of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance this year. The Assembly Judiciary Committee released the measure May 21. Currently, companies must ask a lower-court judge for the ability to appeal a class-action determination to the Appellate Division.
Red Light Lawsuit
Red light cameras proponents say such cameras at intersections make our roads safer, deterring motorists from running them and causing [...]
How will SCOTUS Obamacare decision affect NJ? Read NJCJI’s op-ed in the Star-Ledger to find out
Excerpt: Later this week, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, more [...]
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