| Volume 143 Number 46 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
The Coronavirus crisis has brought out the best and worst of human nature. The best: charities across the country are stepping up and many people are donating what they can. The worst: opportunistic scammers are using fake appeals or sham charities to swindle donations from good-hearted people. Click here for more.
FDA approves new antigen test for COVID-19
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization (EAU) to a new antigen test that reportedly provides faster and more accurate results when patients are tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The test is produced by Quidel Corporation and checks for virus proteins on samples collected from a patient’s nasal cavity. It reportedly has an 85 percent accuracy rating and yields results in about five minutes on machines found in most doctors’ offices. Click here for more.
Your Money
As millions of people lose their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic, they're also losing their health insurance – at exactly the time when they may need the coverage to help pay for care if they end up getting sick. If you lose your health insurance when you lose your job – or if you didn't have health insurance and are rethinking that decision – you may have several options for finding coverage now. But you need to understand the rules and time frames – and some special programs will be expiring soon. Here are six health insurance options, which depend on your income, your state and whether you had coverage recently. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Leasing company can enforce arbitration agreement from dealership’s retail order forms. A two-judge panel of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, reversed a trial court order denying Defendant Hyundai Capital America, Inc.’s application to compel arbitration against Plaintiffs Christopher D. Curiale and Jerome C. Curiale. The Appellate Division held that the Defendant, as an assignee of a lease, could enforce an arbitration provision and class-action waiver contained in the motor vehicle retail order that was executed by Plaintiffs and the dealership. The Appellate Division further held that the arbitration provision and class waiver were not ambiguous. Curiale v. Hyundai Capital Am., 2020 N.J. Super Click here for more.