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New Jersey Supreme Court Reaffirms Rendine Fee-Shifitng Analysis



by Emily J. Bordens
Bressler, Amery & Ross A Professional Corporation - New York Office

Michael T. Hensley
Bressler, Amery & Ross A Professional Corporation - Florham Park Office

Dennis Kadian
Bressler, Amery & Ross A Professional Corporation - New York Office

Andrée Peart Laney
Bressler, Amery & Ross A Professional Corporation - Florham Park Office

Jed L. Marcus
Bressler, Amery & Ross A Professional Corporation - New York Office

Tracey Salmon-Smith
Bressler, Amery & Ross A Professional Corporation - Florham Park Office

February 7, 2012

Previously published on February 2012

On January 25, 2012, the New Jersey Supreme Court, in Walker v. Guiffre, Case Nos. 72-10, 100- 10 (N.J. Jan. 25, 2012), reaffirmed the framework established in Rendine v. Pantzer, 141 N.J. 292 (1995), for awarding attorneys’ fees pursuant to statutory fee-shifting provisions, including those sought pursuant to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”). The Walker decision also provides further explanation of feeshifting principles to litigants.


 

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