New Jersey Lemon Law Lawyer Blog

    Sometimes you just need to laugh. This is a commercial that some dealerships use to sell cars. Have you ever met a car salesman like this? They can sell cars!! This is good too!!

2 Defendants’ Subpoenas Are Unreasonable and Oppressive Because They Seek to Violate the Privacy Rights of Plaintiff Plaintiff further objects to the subpoenas on the grounds that they are unreasonable and oppressive because they seek the production of documents which would violate the privacy rights of defendants. Defendants’ subpoenas for…

The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act is to be Watered Down, significantly. New Jersey has one of the strongest Consumer Fraud Acts in the United States. There is pending legislation to change the Consumer Fraud Act and make it easier to avoid civil penalties for fraud. The changes include provisions…

Amy Handlin and John McKeon are sponsoring an anti-consumer bill that would change the business landscape in New Jersey. A key provision of the new New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act would exempt out of state transactions. This means the following: if someone in New Jersey commits consumer fraud upon a…

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…