New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a new bill allowing auto policyholders whose uninsured or underinsured motorist claims are unreasonably denied or delayed to sue for three times the policy limit, plus pre- and post-judgment interest, attorney fees, and litigation expenses. McCarter Partner Continue Reading
New Biden Cybersecurity Memo May Sow Agency Confusion
McCarter partner and former intelligence officer Alex Major comments to Law360 about the new White House memo aimed at improving cybersecurity coordination and standards across national security agencies, noting that the lack of clarity could potentially lead to jurisdictional clashes, confusion, Continue Reading
‘House of Trump is Crumbling’: Why Ex-President’s Legal Net is Tightening
The New York Attorney General and the Manhattan District Attorney have each launched investigations into the finances of the Trump Organization. Former federal prosecutor and head of McCarter’s Government Investigations & White Collar Defense Group Robert Mintz provides his perspective on the Continue Reading
Big Changes to Buy American
McCarter lawyer Cara Wulf authored for Service Contractor an article that gives an overview of the Biden Administration’s sweeping Executive Order titled “Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers,” or the Buy American Act. In addition to detailing the Order, Cara Continue Reading
Omar Bareentto Selected for 2022 Council of Urban Professionals New York Fellows Program
McCarter lawyer Omar Bareentto has been selected to join the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) New York Fellows Program cohort for the 2022 program year. The Council of Urban Professionals’ mission is to inspire, elevate, and empower the next generation of diverse business and civic leaders. Continue Reading
A Year In, Experts Assess Biden’s Hits and Misses on Handling the Pandemic
McCarter partner and co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts and Global Trade practice, Franklin Turner, spoke with NPR about the Biden Administration’s early plans to exercise the Defense Production Act in its prioritization of medical supply contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
Cannabis Q&A with Guillermo Artiles and Melissa Reilly
Guillermo Artiles, head of McCarter’s Cannabis Group and chair of the Government Affairs practice, joins McCarter cannabis lawyer Melissa Reilly in conversation with NJ.com. They discuss how New Jersey municipalities are playing in the process of approving licenses, the ramifications of high fee Continue Reading
Internal Consistency Erasure and Taxpayer Protection
McCarter lawyer Jamie Zug wrote an article for Bloomberg Tax that discusses the ways internal consistency can protect taxpayers from potential multiple taxation and how a recent case, now on petition for certiorari before the US Supreme Court, has erased that protection. Continue Reading
The Contract Coverage Standard and the Evolving Role of the National Labor Relations Board in Interpreting Collective Bargaining Agreements
McCarter partner Hugh Murray authored an article that looks at how the National Labor Relations Board’s evaluation of an employer’s unilateral change to terms and conditions of employment during the term of a collective bargaining agreement has changed over time, and what employers can expect from Continue Reading
McCarter & English Welcomes Sean Finnigan to Government Affairs Practice
Former Chief of Staff for the Delaware House of Representatives joins Wilmington office Wilmington, Del., January 12, 2022 – McCarter & English, LLP is pleased to announce that Sean Finnigan, former chief of staff for the Delaware House of Representatives, joins the firm’s Government Affairs Continue Reading