From Lexology, Jed L. Marcus discusses two New Jersey cases which focused on whether arbitration agreements could be enforced under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) or the New Jersey Arbitration Act (NJAA). Jed writes: In Colon v. Strategic Delivery Solutions, LLC, Docket No. A-2378-17T4 (App. Div. June 4, 2019), the Appellate Division, in a precedential opinion…
From JDSupra, Joshua Allen, Carlyle Edwards-Balfour, and James McDonnell discuss a recent case in which transportation workers in New Jersey may have to arbitrate their claims under state law even though they might be exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Joshua, Carlyle and James write: Even though the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) exempts…
From JDSupra, Alan Levin and Richard Reibstein discuss the decision that an insurance agent was an independent contractor under the ABC test. Alan and Richard write: Judge William J. Martini of the U.S. Court for the District of New Jersey granted Northwestern Mutual’s motion for summary judgment. As to the first prong of the ABC…
From the New Jersey Law Journal, P.J. D’Annunzio discusses a case in which the court said that an insurance agent was an independent contractor under the ABC test. P.J. writes: A federal judge has dismissed a putative class action against Northwestern Mutual filed by a longtime insurance agent who claimed the company improperly classified him and…
From The National Law Review, Michael D. Thompson discusses the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act does not preempt New Jersey’s ABC test for determining if a worker is an employee or independent contractor. Michael writes: In determining whether the FAAAA preempts a state law, courts consider whether the law’s…
From JDSupra, Alexander Chemers and Ryan T. Warden report that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) did not preempt New Jersey’s ABC test. Alexander and Ryan write: Tasked with determining whether New Jersey’s ABC test was preempted by the FAAAA, the Third Circuit began by reviewing previous preemption…
From JDSupra, Patrick McGovern discusses a New Jersey case in which an appellate court allowed a misclassification claim to proceed even though the company signed an independent contractor agreement with separate corporations. Patrick writes: The Appellate Division held that “a court is not limited to the terms of the contract between the parties” and the…
From Lexology, Liz Kramer discusses recent cases in Missouri and New Jersey in which the court did not require arbitration because the administrator no longer provides arbitration services and because the arbitration clause did not indicate who would administer the arbitration. Liz writes: This post is aimed at drafters of arbitration clauses. Because if…
From JDSupra, Rachel Mongiello reports on a recent case in New Jersey in which the court would not compel arbitration despite an arbitration clause because the clause did not select a forum or institution like the American Arbitration Association for conducting the arbitration. Because arbitration clauses are valuable protections against class action lawsuits alleging miclassification of…
From FreightWaves, Chad Prevost discusses changes to the regulations issued by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce that mean that owner-operators must satisfy the ABC test instead of the common law test to be exempt from New Jersey unemployment taxes. Chad writes: Yesterday, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development published notice…