By: Marc D. Haefner In a recent opinion, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that trial courts may not “deprive litigants of their right to a jury trial as a sanction for failure to comply with procedural rules.” Williams v. American Auto Logistics, (A-10-15) (N.J. 2016). In...
By: Peter J. Pizzi The New Jersey Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty, and Notice Act (TCCWNA), N.J.S.A. 56:12-14, et seq. went into effect in 1981. After over thirty years on the books, however, the TCCWNA has recently given rise to a wave of consumer class actions. The TCCWNA...
The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, signed into law on May 11, 2016, creates federal court jurisdiction and additional remedies for the misappropriation of trade secrets, an area of law that had long been the domain of state courts except in diversity of citizenship...
