Don’t Let This Happen to You

If you participated in one of the New Jersey Civil Justice Institute’s CLE events (or an event sponsored by us when we were known as the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance), and need a copy of the certificate of attendance for your records before the upcoming reporting deadline, please contact Emily Kelchen, NJCJI’s Director of Public Affairs, as soon as possible.

By |2015-11-24T19:25:08-05:00November 24, 2015|News, Top Stories|0 Comments

Is Hardwood Flooring “Household Furniture?”

The New Jersey Civil Justice Institute has partnered with the United States Chamber of Commerce to file a friend of the court brief in a lawsuit that will answer this question. However, as you may have guessed, this lawsuit is about much more than flooring. This lawsuit could be the key to stopping out-of-control regulatory enforcement litigation under New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act.

By |2015-08-28T13:50:17-04:00August 28, 2015|News, Top Stories|0 Comments

Is Litigation the Best Way to Regulate Business?

A number of New Jersey’s state regulatory provisions specify statutory penalties for violations. Having a defined penalty enhances predictability and reduces inconsistent application of the law. When the statutes provide for enforcement actions by individual consumers, the statutory penalty model has the potential to provide the individual with a straightforward means of redress, often without need to even hire an attorney. Attorneys are getting involved though, and it is leading us toward a system where businesses are being regulated one jury at a time.

By |2015-08-21T14:38:32-04:00August 21, 2015|News, Top Stories|0 Comments

ABA Resolution Highlights the Need for Broader Engagement

This week the American Bar Association is holding its annual meeting in Chicago. Thanks to NJCJI and other pro-defense attorneys and organizations the ABA will not be voting on a controversial resolution (link) that would have put the ABA on record as “oppos[ing] legislation that limits and/or bans punitive damages for claims of patient harm allegedly caused by manufacturers of FDA-approved medical products or devices.”

By |2015-07-31T13:37:50-04:00July 31, 2015|News, Top Stories|0 Comments

NJCJI Will Be Busy with Appellate Work This Summer

Monday was probably one of the last days the New Jersey Legislature will meet before the fall elections, but that does not mean that we at the New Jersey Civil Justice Institute are kicking back to relax until January. Did you know that the New Jersey Civil Justice Institute is the only organization that systematically reviews every case taken up by the state’s Appellate Division courts and the New Jersey Supreme Court to determine what impact each case might have on the state’s civil justice system?

By |2015-07-01T19:20:32-04:00July 1, 2015|News, Top Stories|0 Comments

SCOTUS Denies Cert in NJ Arbitration Case

The United States Supreme Court has announced that it will not hear the NJCJI-supported appeal of U.S. Legal Services Group, L.P. v. Patricia Atalese. The Court’s decision means the New Jersey Supreme Court’s anti-arbitration ruling in Atalese stands. It also means that the arbitration case pending before the New Jersey Supreme Court is more important than ever.

By |2015-06-08T20:51:52-04:00June 8, 2015|News, Top Stories|0 Comments
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