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Bringing Common Sense To Our Legal System

January 20, 2017News, Top StoriesAppeal Bond Cap, Arbitration, CFA, Civil Justice, Class Actions, Expert Evidence, Fee Shifting, Judicial Independence, Judicial Selection, Legal Reform, Medical Liability, Regulation via Litigation, Settlement Trust Transparency, Statute of Limitations, TCCWNANJCJI

New Jersey has a problem. We have a plan.Our court system shouldn’t have to deal with suits over the length of sandwiches, amusement park rides that make kids too dizzy, and gassy co-workers. But it does.

 

Why? Because numerous state laws explicitly encourage litigation when other means of dispute resolution would be quicker and more cost effective; poorly drafted statutes invite endless lawsuits over their interpretation; and antiquated policies limit the ability of our state to improve its legal climate.

 

Things have gotten so far off track, New Jersey has been named one of the nation’s worst “judicial hellholes.” At this point, there is nowhere to go but up, and the time is right to make changes, both legislatively and via judicial action.

 

Click here to read our 2017 agenda, which is focused on bringing some common sense reform to our legal system.

 

 

Top News Clips for the Week of March 19-24

March 24, 2016News, Recent NewsNew Jersey Supreme Court, Outrageous Lawsuits, Settlement Trust TransparencyNJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of March 19-24. Continue reading →

Top News Clips for the Week of January 23-29

January 29, 2016News, Recent NewsBusiness Climate, Class Actions, Juries, Outrageous Lawsuits, Settlement Trust Transparency, Third CircuitNJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of January 23-29. Continue reading →

NJCJI Supports Federal Efforts to Curb Abuse of the Asbestos Claims System

January 8, 2016News, Top StoriesBankruptcy Trust, Civil Justice, Congress, Double Dipping, Settlement Trust TransparencyNJCJI

Since New Jersey is a state where a lot of asbestos-related work was done, the citizens and businesses of our state have a keen interest in ensuring that the system that has been set up to compensate asbestos victims is not undermined by fraud and abuse. To that end, the New Jersey Civil Justice Institute is supporting Congressional efforts to rein in fraud in the existing system via H.R. 526, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015. Continue reading →

Top News Clips for the Week of March 28-April 2

August 28, 2015News, Recent NewsAttorney Fees, Business Climate, CFA, Class Actions, Legal Reform, Medical Liability, New Jersey Courts, Outrageous Lawsuits, SCOTUS, Settlement Trust TransparencyNJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of March 28-April 2. Continue reading →

Top News Clips for the Week of August 1-7

August 7, 2015News, Recent NewsBusiness Climate, CFA, Class Actions, New Jersey Courts, New Jersey Supreme Court, Outrageous Lawsuits, Settlement Trust TransparencyNJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of August 1-7. Continue reading →

Asbestos Liability in New Jersey

July 23, 2015News, Top StoriesBusiness Climate, Legal Reform, Settlement Trust TransparencyNJCJI

Asbestos litigation has been described by one prominent plaintiffs’ lawyer as an “endless search for a solvent bystander.” Nowhere is this truer than in New Jersey, where we have experienced three waves of asbestos litigation. Continue reading →

Push to File Claims Against BP Before the Settlement Deadline Furthers Jackpot Justice Mentality

June 5, 2015News, Top StoriesCivil Justice, Class Actions, Settlement Trust TransparencyNJCJI

The deadline to file a claim for economic loss resulting from the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill is next Monday – June 8th. The Fort Myers, FL, News-Press made a point to note in its story on the impending deadline that “[b]usinesses in Southwest Florida that haven’t filed a claim could be eligible for economic loss compensation, even though the oil rig explosion and resulting spill never marred area beaches.” Continue reading →

Exposure of Widespread Corruption Inspires a Nation-Wide Effort Aimed at Transparency

March 13, 2015News, Top StoriesSettlement Trust TransparencyNJCJI

Asbestos Litigation Watch LogoCiting recent events that have further exposed the “corruption and outright fraud that have long been endemic to asbestos litigation,” the American Tort Reform Association has launched a new website that “will document the overwhelming case for substantive reforms.” Continue reading →

Top News Clips for the Week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6

February 6, 2015News, Recent NewsMedical Liability, New Jersey Courts, New Jersey Legislature, Pharmaceutical Litigation, Settlement Trust Transparency, TCCWNANJCJI

A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6. Continue reading →

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