Cocrystal Pharma Inc. will implement a series of corporate reforms to settle three derivative suits brought by shareholders over an alleged $27 million pump-and-dump scheme that drove down the value of the company's stock, according to a motion Friday in New Jersey federal court seeking preliminary Continue Reading
Family Matters: Why The Wealthy Are Reconsidering Their Estate Plans
ESTATENVY spoke to top estate-planning and tax attorneys regarding trends they are seeing in the pandemic and how they are advising their clients during an election year. Location is playing a factor in real estate acquisition as well, according to Estate Planning Partner at McCarter & Continue Reading
Joann Lytle Appointed Co-Chair of D&O and Management Liability Committee of the ACCC
Joann Lytle was appointed Co-Chair of the D&O and Management Liability Committee of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC) for the 2020 – 2021 year. Continue Reading
Pam Moore Appointed to Merit Selection Panel
Pam Moore has been appointed to the Merit Selection Panel to seek the replacement for Judge Garfunkel, U.S.M.J. for the District of Connecticut. Continue Reading
William J. Palatucci to Join McCarter & English on August 31
William J. Palatucci, one of New Jersey’s most prominent and widely respected attorneys, is joining McCarter & English LLP as a partner in the firm’s Business Litigation Practice, effective August 31, where he will also be supporting the firm’s rapidly expanding Government Affairs Continue Reading
William J. Palatucci Joins McCarter & English
William J. Palatucci, one of New Jersey’s most prominent and widely respected attorneys, is joining McCarter & English LLP as a partner in the firm’s Business Litigation Practice, effective August 31, where he will also be supporting the firm’s rapidly expanding Government Affairs Practice. Continue Reading
Moy Ogilvie Discusses the McCarter Social Justice Project
McCarter partner and Hartford Office Managing Partner Moy Ogilvie commented on her experiences as a Black attorney and about the McCarter & English Social Justice Project--which has a goal to dismantle structural racism and combat racial inequities nationally--and about her optimism for the Continue Reading
The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 61 McCarter Attorneys in 2021 Referral Guide, Names Seven “Lawyer of the Year”
McCarter & English is proud to announce that 61 of our attorneys have been named to the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. 34 have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years and six for more than 25 years. Two of our attorneys are listed for the first time. Seven McCarter Continue Reading
Post-COVID-19 Supply Chains Must Be Nimble
As COVID-19 spread from China to Europe to the U.S. and elsewhere, supply chains that for decades had operated successfully on “lean logistics” – which prized low-cost efficiency – suddenly seized up as parts made in Europe, for instance, couldn’t get to China for final assembly before being shipped Continue Reading
NJ Supreme Court Adopts McCarter Position on Enforceability of Arbitration Agreement—Skuse v. Pfizer
The NJ Supreme Court recently issued a ruling that adopted the primary argument that McCarter had made on behalf of Amici Curiae the NJ Business and Industry Association, the NJ Chamber of Commerce and the Commerce and Industry Association of NJ in Skuse v. Pfizer. In its ruling the Supreme Court Continue Reading