Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: How to Use the Restatement of Consumer Contracts - A Guide for Judges
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: “Accidental Arbitration” -- A New Theory that Would Rein in Consumer Arbitration Clauses and the Scope of the FAA
OK at Work: Navigating Customer Terms and Usage
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Look at the FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule, with James Kohm, Associate Director of Enforcement Division of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Look at a New Approach to Consumer Contracts
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Reasons Why the CFPB Should Deny the Petition for Rulemaking on Post-Dispute Consumer Arbitration Agreements
On June 25, 2025, the Government of Québec published a Regulation that clarifies the obligations of merchants and manufacturers with respect to the warranty of availability of replacement parts and repair services. These...more
• In what has been described as a landmark ruling on behalf of both national retailers and consumers alike, the New Jersey Supreme Court has established critical law to limit exposure to purported class action claims...more
Agency regulations provide a “clearly established legal right” under New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (“TCCWNA”), but a consumer must suffer an adverse consequence from the regulatory violation...more
Late last year, McCarter reported on the New Jersey Supreme Court’s ruling in Dugan/Bozzi and predicted that the Supreme Court would soon hold that consumers filing suit under New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract Warranty...more
The New Jersey Supreme Court has spoken: a plaintiff suing for a violation of New Jersey’s Truth in Consumer Contract Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA) must have suffered an actual injury - but not necessarily a monetary one -...more
Today, the New Jersey Supreme Court drove a stake into the many class actions alleging claims under New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (“TCCWNA”). That law provides for $100 in damages whenever...more
In recent months, federal and state courts in New Jersey have been faced with numerous motions to dismiss class action complaints alleging that online retailers’ website terms and conditions violate New Jersey’s...more
Federal courts in New Jersey have begun to weigh on the application of the Truth in Consumer Contract Warranty and Notice Act (“TCCWNA”) in cases based on websites’ terms and conditions when the plaintiff has not alleged any...more
The summer of 2016 saw continued trends in class action filings. Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) cases continued to be rampant, with multiple cases being filed daily on a national scale. Most were generally directed...more
This past year, the plaintiffs’ bar has been aggressively pursuing class action claims under New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract and Warranty Notification Act (“TCCWNA”), N.J.S.A. 56:12-14, et seq.—presumably because of...more
This year brought a wave of class action complaints alleging that national retailers are violating the New Jersey Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA), N.J.S.A. §§ 56:12-14 et seq., by including...more
If your company is involved in selling products or services to consumers in New Jersey over the web or through mobile apps, you’ll want to read this blog post....more
Businesses with consumer products should be aware of the rise in class action filings based on the New Jersey Truth-In-Consumer Contract Warranty and Notice Act (“TCCWNA”). Although the statute has been in place since 1981,...more
Have You Heard About New Jersey’s Truth in Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act? New Jersey’s Truth in Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act, N.J.S.A. §56:12-18 (“TCCWNA”), is the basis for a recent flurry...more