Traditionally, the “American Rule” has prevailed in New Jersey, meaning each side pays their own legal fees in a lawsuit. (This is contrasted with the “British Rule” where the loser of the litigation pays all fees.) There are public policy...
I mediate many NJ Consumer Fraud Act cases. The state passed the original law in 1960 “‘to combat the increasingly widespread practice of defrauding the consumer” and added a private cause of action in 1971. (A private cause of action means that an...
The American Tort Reform Association is a group that claims its mission is to bring “real justice in our courts.” It was founded in 1986 by the American Medical Association and the American Council of Engineering Companies. Their website claims,...
