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Honorable Venetta S. Tassopulos (Ret.) Presiding U.S. Magistrate Judge, CD Cal. Boalt, LLB 1960; Berkeley, BA 1948, MA 1957 FULL BIO
 —Ruth J. Schulze, M.D., Secretary, Medical Society of New Jersey Ruth J. Schulze, M.D., secretary of the Medical Society of New Jersey and past president of the Bergen County Medical Society, has spoken up for patients' rights. And so have her patients. FULL STORY
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TODAY IN ADR
/ November 21, 2008
A federal district court in New Jersey has ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts a New Jersey Supreme Court decision holding that a class waiver, if it functions as an exculpatory clause, renders an arbitration agreement unconscionable and therefore unenforceable under New Jersey law.
In Litman v. Cellco Partnership, No. 07-CV-4886, 2008 WL 4507573 (D.N.J. Sept. 29, 2008), Litman and another Verizon customer (collectively, Customers) filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Verizon, their wireless service provider, had unlawfully charged them an administrative fee totaling less than a $1 per month...
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