By Colleen Murphy | May 22, 2023
"Considering our longstanding, fundamental public policy favoring class actions, we hold there is no societal interest in enforcing a class action waiver in a contract that does not contain a mandatory arbitration provision and conclude that the class action waivers in this case are unenforceable as a matter of law and public policy," Judge Richard J. Geiger said.
By ALM Staff | April 4, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the document here.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Louis F. Locascio | March 15, 2023
The court emphasized that "whether a party owes a duty to another party is a question of law for the court to decide, not the fact finder."
By Allison Dunn | January 6, 2023
"Is the contract still able to be performed? If the answer is, 'No,' then there's certainly the argument that performance may be impossible or impractical, the purpose of it may have been frustrated, and so forth," said Peter Byrnes on behalf of the landlord.
By Charles Toutant | April 21, 2022
"You can get much broader change doing it through a class action. What we learned was a class action was a great mechanism for change," said Kevin Kelly of the Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall Law School.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert K. Scheinbaum and Philip W. Allogramento III | February 9, 2022
When a commercial tenant or their landlord files for bankruptcy protection, questions quickly arise, such as if and how a landlord may evict the tenant, and how to measure damages. The Bankruptcy Code and related case law address these points.
By Allison Dunn | February 2, 2022
Administrators of the estate of a North Plainfield woman who was killed in a house fire settled a claim against the landlord, who allegedly allowed…
New Jersey Law Journal | News|Profile|Q&A
By Charles Toutant | January 21, 2022
"I enjoy every aspect of my job but I specifically enjoy when we achieve an eviction dismissal on a very complex case or locate new affordable housing for a client who is facing homelessness," said Sharie A. Robinson of Essex-Newark Legal Services.
By New Jersey State Bar Association | December 27, 2021
Legislature sends slew of bills to governor; NJSBA assists landlords and tenants affected by pandemic
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | October 30, 2021
This was an issue on which less was definitely not more.
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