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Tag Archives: Business Climate

Would Your Private Contracts Survive NJ Supreme Court Review?

June 30, 2016News, Top StoriesBusiness Climate, Employment Law, New Jersey Courts, New Jersey Supreme CourtNJCJI

Earlier this month, the New Jersey Supreme Court released two opinions that should alarm New Jersey’s business community. In both cases, the high court refused to honor private contracts because they felt the terms were unfair. The opinion in each of these cases is disappointing, but when viewed together, they suggest our court system has developed a dangerous disrespect for private contracts.

 

Click here to read the rest of this article by NJCJI’s President, Marcus Rayner, on the NJBIZ website.

Click here to download a .pdf version.

 

New Jersey Supreme Court Doubles Down on Bad Arbitration Law

June 16, 2016News, Top StoriesArbitration, Business Climate, New Jersey Supreme CourtNJCJI

First page of the decision in Morgan v. Sanford BrownOn June 14, the New Jersey Supreme Court released its highly anticipated opinion in Morgan v. Sanford Brown Inst. The case has been closely watched because it is the first time the court has taken up an arbitration-related case since it began experimenting with reining in arbitration during the 2013-14 court term. Despite NJCJI’s best effort, namely an amicus curie brief arguing New Jersey must conform to federal law, the court affirmed that it intends to carve out special rules for how our state will treat arbitration agreements. Continue reading →

High Court Decision Calls Employment Contracts Into Question

June 16, 2016News, Top StoriesBusiness Climate, Employment Law, New Jersey Supreme CourtNJCJI

First page of the decisionThe New Jersey Supreme Court issued another disappointing decision this week, over-turning an employment contract in the name of creating better public policy. At issue was an employment contract that set its own time limit for bringing lawsuits against the employer instead of relying on the default rules in the statutes as a limit. The high court decided to ignore the contract and allow the employee to bring a lawsuit well after the time limit he had agreed to when he was hired. Continue reading →

Abusive Lawsuits Kill Small Businesses

June 9, 2016News, Top StoriesBusiness Climate, Outrageous LawsuitsNJCJI

This week we learned that the judge who filed the famous $54 million lawsuit over a missing pair of pants is finally getting his comeuppance. But something is missing from the stories following up on this crazy story. We wanted to know what happened to the defendants in the case. The last news we could find on the owners of the dry cleaning business Roy Pearson sued, Soo and Jin Chung, is not the happy ending you might expect.

 

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Defending New Jersey TCCWNA Claims & How to Prevent Your Company’s Website from Becoming a Target

June 3, 2016News, Top StoriesBusiness Climate, NJCJI, TCCWNANJCJI

TCCWNA StampOn June 7, NJCJI President Marcus Rayner will participate in a panel discussion of New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA). The Act is a growing problem for businesses operating in our state, and even out of state businesses who simply allow New Jerseyans to visit their websites. Continue reading →

Top News Clips for the Week of April 16-22

April 22, 2016News, Recent NewsBusiness Climate, Class Actions, TCCWNANJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of April 16-22. Continue reading →

The TCCWNA Hall of Shame

May 5, 2016News, Top StoriesBusiness Climate, New Jersey Courts, TCCWNANJCJI

Hall of Shame

 

New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA) has been turned into an instrument through which the plaintiff’s bar plays “gotcha,” turning harmless technical regulatory violations into cases which generate huge attorneys’ fees, but no real benefit for the consumers supposedly “harmed.” NJCJI is counting down the 6 most absurd TCCWNA lawsuits we’ve seen so far. Know of another lawsuit you think should make our list? Let us know! Continue reading →

Legal Reform & Economic Development

April 14, 2016News, Top StoriesBusiness Climate, Legal ReformNJCJI

Legal Reform & Economic DevelopmentEach day seems to bring additional news confirming what we already know: New Jersey needs economic growth to create jobs and much needed tax revenue. The state took a tremendous hit during the recession, and has yet to fully recover. The state’s unemployment rate remains high, and the budget gap continues to widen as revenue collections miss their targets.

 

New Jersey has little room to maneuver with already high rates of taxation and slow revenue growth. In order to attract business investment government must look at innovative policies that spur investment without depleting needed revenue. If New Jersey wants to completely and quickly escape the recession, legal reform must become part of the state’s economic development plan.

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Bills Would Presume Businesses Are Guilty Until Proven Innocent

March 10, 2016News, Top StoriesBusiness Climate, Employment Law, New Jersey Legislature, Paid Sick LeaveNJCJI

Legislative Alert

On Monday, two important bills working their way through the legislature, the paid sick leave bill and the equal pay bill, will be voted on. If enacted, these bills would presume employers are guilty when a lawsuit is brought against them unless they can prove their innocence. This is an unprecedented change to our legal system.

 

 

 

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Legislative Alert: Paid Sick Leave & Equal Pay Bills Being Heard on Monday

March 4, 2016News, Top StoriesBusiness Climate, Employment Law, New Jersey Legislature, Paid Sick LeaveNJCJI

NJ State HouseThe New Jersey Civil Justice Institute will be testifying against three bills on Monday. Continue reading →

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