I see no reason to depart from that conclusion here. See Curro v. HD Supply, Inc., Civ. No. 19-19198, 2020 WL 3496955, at *6 (D.N.J. June 29, 2020) (applying the same rule as was applied in Rossi based on recent case law). Accordingly, Defendants' motion to dismiss Plaintiff's NJLAD retaliation claim against Corporate Defendants based on a CEPA waiver is premature.
N.J. Stat. Ann. ยง 34:19-8. Courts have found that the waiver provision does not attach until after the completion of discovery. See Curro v. HD Supply, Inc., No. 19-19198, 2020 WL 3496955, at *6 (D.N.J. June 29, 2020) (observing a circuit split on this issue). Here, the Court will tentatively permit Plaintiff's wrongful termination claim to proceed.
Plaintiff's argument has merit. The preclusion issue has been examined by courts within this District before, including quite recently and thoroughly by Judge Brian Martinotti in Curro v. HD Supply, Inc., No. 19-19198-BRM-JAD, 2020 WL 3496955 (D.N.J. June 29, 2020). In Curro, Judge Martinotti recognized that it remains unclear when preclusion attaches, i.e., whether claims are precluded at some point before they are presented to a jury for consideration.