Car Salesmen and Dealerships to be Protected with Proposed Changes in Consumer Fraud Act. Amy Handlin and Jack McKeon have sponsored and introduced ANTI-CONSUMER legislation to reduce consumer rights and protect car dealerships. The changes in the Consumer Fraud Act would exempt or limit liability against businesses that are already…
ARBITRATION AGREEMENT What do you do when you make demand for arbitration and the business fails to comply? It is not uncommon that if you have purchased a consumer good, it is likely that you have signed an arbitration agreement contained in the small print. The fact that the agreement…
CHANGES IN THE NEW JERSEY CONSUMER FRAUD ACT TO PROTECT CAR SALESMAN Amy Handlin is the co-sponsor on this bill to protect car salesman John McKeon is the primary Sponsor on this bill to protect car salesmen. There is a bill pending in the Assembly which significantly and permanently change…
In spite of its broad scope generally, discovery “is not unbridled and unlimited.” Berrie v. Berrie, 188 N.J. Super. 274, 282 (App. Div. 1983). Given the broad scope of defendants’ document demands upon these non-parties, the burden upon the non-parties in complying with defendants’ discovery demands, and the costs of…
New Jersey Courts The New Jersey court system has, for civil courts, three separate levels. The most basic and lowest level in the New Jersey court system is known as Small Claims. In Small Claims, you may sue a defendant or counterclaim against a plaintiff for up $3,000. Initially, in…
New Jersey Law and Subpoenas Defendants’ subpoena directed at non-parties should be quashed in their entirety, as the documents sought contain nothing but confidential personal information and are not relevant to this litigation. New Jersey Courts have consistently recognized that although the scope of discovery is broad, it is not…
There is a bill heading its way through the legislature: A3333 I will address many aspects of this bill, but it should be named properly since it is 100% anti-consumer and reduces if not completely eliminates the the Consumer Fraud Act. That’s right, it repeals the CONSUMER FRAUD ACT as…
Consumer Law Resources. Here are some resources for consumer lawyers. These were part of a web page There were a lot of patent links as well on this page Banking Regulators by state (homepages) Electronic Funds Transfer Act – 15 U.S.C. §§ 1693 Overview of Consumer Credit Law The Fair…
We won the appeal. The Appellate division determined that the the trial level made a mistake by dismissing the complaint on the summary judgment motion filed by the dealership and their lawyers. A jury believing plaintiff’s description of the events could find that agents of Triplex sold a new car…
The plaintiff’s case was dismissed on motion in Superior Court and is now on appeal. The Appellate Division information is as follows. This is public information. Taylor v. Cherry Hill Triplex, et al. Trial Court Docket No. CAM-L-1502-08 Appellate Docket No. A-6307-08T2 The Superior Court dismissed the case because the…