In The News Today – January 2, 2015

Listing it as one of the “Five big corporate law decisions you might see in 2015”, the Financial Post notes the Canadian Supreme Court’s upcoming decision regarding Ecuadorian plaintiffs’ $9.5 billion judgement against Chevron, for which the plaintiffs asked an Ontario court to “enforce the judgment against Chevron’s assets in Canada.” (Financial Post)

New Jersey legislators have introduced legislation (Assembly Bill 3699) that would prohibit lawsuit lenders from charging an annual percentage rate that exceeds the state’s civil or criminal usury rates. (Legal Newsline)