In a win for class-action plaintiffs, a New Jersey judge has ruled that defendants can’t try to thin the herd by making selective offers of judgment.
Middlesex County Assignment Judge Travis Francis said permitting such offers would “undercut the salutary purposes of the class action procedure and make it significantly more difficult for members of the public to enforce remedial statutes,” such as the state’s Consumer Fraud Act.
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