Victory for Consumers Against Repeat Offenders of New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act

How devious might a defendant act with regards to selling “Defective products?” The Superior Court of New Jersey ruled against sellers of diseased pets and upheld the trial court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of plaintiff consumers in Chiesa v. Levine, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Docket No.: A-4055-11T3. The New Jersey Attorney General […]

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Damages are Required in Order to Recover in Consumer Fraud Act and in Common Law Fraud

A real sense of measurable harm must be experienced in order to assert the need for damages. The U.S. District Court of New Jersey ruled against plaintiffs bringing a claim under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (“CFA”), and under common law fraud in Hoffman v. Nutraceutical Corp., U.S. District Court of New Jersey, Civil […]

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Briad Restaurant Group to Settle for Half a Million in Pricey Liquor Scam

Twenty-nine bars and restaurants were investigated by undercover agents in New Jersey and raided due to confidential informants and consumer accounts of being served cheap liquors after paying for premium liquors. In an eye-catching story published in the New Jersey Law Journal, a T.G.I. Fridays franchisee agreed to settle a suit for $500,000 and other […]

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