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Sarbak v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Where plaintiff signed three documents that were unambiguous and clearly set forth that arbitration was her only recourse to assert any employee-related disputes, there was a knowing and voluntary waiver by plaintiff of her statutory rights, and defendant-employer's motion to compel arbitration is granted.In re Resorts International, Inc.
In this post-confirmation claim brought on behalf of a litigation trust against an accounting firm for professional negligence and breach of contract for work it performed for the trust, the claim lacks a close nexus to the bankruptcy plan and affects only matters collateral to the bankruptcy process and, therefore, there is no "related to" jurisdiction within the Bankruptcy Court.Primus v. Alfred Sanzari Enterprises et al.
In this multidefendant case, where one of the tortfeasors who contributed to the settlement was represented by the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association because its insurer was insolvent, and the aggregate non-Association contributions to the settlement exceeded the amount of the workers' compensation lien, all sums paid by the solvent insurers are available to satisfy the lien, and the compensation carrier is entitled to full reimbursement of its lien from non-Association funds.Fatal Blast Suit Settles for $1.37M
Large settlements and verdicts in New Jersey.A Look at the FINRA'S Rules Limiting Motions To Dismiss in Arbitration Proceedings
Severely restricting the ability to dismiss frivolous claims may force respondents into early settlement and mediation — a more cost-effective alternative to arbitration. However, the restriction forces those respondents desiring a decision on the merits — either through dismissal or award after a hearing — to waste time and resources defending frivolous claims.Employee 'Free Choice' Act: The Ultimate Union Bailout
Get ready for passage of a law that will simultaneously deprive employees of the right to decide whether to join a union free of union coercion or intimidation and employers of the right to campaign against a union.Aly v. E.S. Sutton Realty et al, etc.,
Here, where a Pennsylvania insurance company authorized to offer commercial general-liability insurance policies in New Jersey was placed into rehabilitation by a Pennsylvania court, which also ordered a stay of all proceedings in Pennsylvania "or elsewhere" against the company and against all its insureds for 90 days, which stay was extended numerous times, principles of comity dictate that New Jersey trial courts honor the initial stay for rehabilitation and that they continue to honor the extensions iThe Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Cybergenics Corporation v. Chinery, etc., et al,
Bankruptcy courts may authorize creditors' committees to sue derivatively to avoid fraudulent transfers for the benefit of the estate; Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Union Planters Bank, a Chapter 7 case that interpreted the text of 11 U.S.C. � 506(c) to foreclose anyone other than a trustee from seeking to recover administrative costs on its own behalf, does not operate to prevent the Bankruptcy Court from authorizing such suits; the judgment of the District Court is reversed.