The US Supreme Court's refusal to tackle whether False Claims Act liability requires a claim to be objectively false leaves a significant circuit split and may drive an uptick in FCA settlements as defendants consider the costs of extended litigation. For FCA defendants in circuits that have Continue Reading
Moy Ogilvie Named to The Hartford Business Journal’s Power 50 List
McCarter Diversity & Inclusion partner and Hartford office managing partner Moy Ogilvie has been named #39 on the 2021 Power 50 list by Hartford Business Journal. Continue Reading
Omar Bareentto Accepted to the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder Program
McCarter lawyer Omar Bareentto has been accepted into the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Pathfinder Program for the 2021 program year. Through the Pathfinder Program, Omar will join other early-career lawyers for seven months of exploring their careers and the leadership potential they Continue Reading
Black History Month Q&A with Omar Bareentto
What affinity groups are you active in? I am a founding member of The Collective, a professional group of nearly 25 Black male lawyers who represent the best and brightest in private practice, clerkships and in-house counsel across New Jersey. The four goals and objectives of The Collective are: Continue Reading
NJ Supreme Court Adopts McCarter’s Position on Fault Allocation in Personal Injury Case
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued a ruling that adopted the argument that McCarter had made on behalf of amici curiae the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, the New Jersey Business and Industry Association, and the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey in Maison v. NJ Transit. In Continue Reading
McCarter Ranked Third Most Active Firm in the United States in Defending Product Liability Cases in Federal Court
According to Lex Machina’s Law Firms Activity Report, which analyzed law firm activity from 2018 to 2020 and was released on February 18, McCarter was ranked the third most active defense firm in the United States in product liability cases in federal court, defending more than 12,000 cases. Continue Reading
Eleven McCarter Trademark Lawyers Named to the 2021 Edition of World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
Eleven partners in McCarter’s Intellectual Property practice have been named by World Trademark Review to the 2021 edition of its WTR 1000, the prestigious research directory that acknowledges the world’s leading trademark practices and professionals. Since 2013, McCarter’s trademark Continue Reading
Tiffany Case Could Shake up Summary Judgment and Enforcement
McCarter partner Jim Donoian speaks with Managing IP regarding Tiffany’s eight-year trademark litigation with Costco. James Donoian, partner at McCarter & English in New York, says the court was very careful not to issue any views on whether there was a likelihood of confusion and was instead Continue Reading
As Lawsuits Hit, Restaurant Chains’ Defenses Go beyond the Courtroom
McCarter partner Matt Wright comments in Restaurant Business about company brands defending their reputation in the marketplace. Continue Reading
With a $10 Billion Cloud-Computing Deal Snarled in Court, the Pentagon May Move Forward without It
The Pentagon is preparing for the possibility that it will have to move on without the long-fought JEDI cloud-computing contract, as an impending court decision threatens to leave the embattled procurement even more bogged down in litigation than it already is. “The government is making a Continue Reading