McCarter partner Franklin Turner comments in NPR about the Defense Production Act being used for the COVID-19 vaccine effort and how it might be used more extensively to fight the global pandemic. Continue Reading
Law360 Pulse Features Government Affairs Practice
Government Affairs chair Guillermo Artiles spoke with Law360 Pulse about the firm’s lobbying success in 2020. He agreed last year was a tough year, but that didn't hold back McCarter’s team. The firm saw $701,503 in lobbying receipts last year, according to state data.Artiles said McCarter & Continue Reading
Ruling Could Lead To $1 Million Home Demolished
Ira Gonzalez is quoted in this article about a ruling in a neighbor dispute that could result in a $1 million-plus, oceanfront home on Sugarloaf Key being demolished due to issues with current county building codes and regulations. Continue Reading
McCarter Ranked as a Top 10 Lawyer-Lobbying Firm in New Jersey
Lobbying Practice Doubles Revenue in 2020 McCarter & English has broken into the list of top ten lawyer-lobbying firms in New Jersey. For 2020, McCarter was ranked the number eight lawyer-lobbying firm, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (NJ ELEC). The firm also Continue Reading
‘Just as Busy’: McCarter & English Grows Revenue, Profit during Pandemic Year
Chairman Joe Lubertazzi and Managing Partner Joe Boccassini spoke with the New Jersey Law Journal about the firm’s strong financial performance in fiscal year 2020 and the challenges of managing during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Continue Reading
One Year in, Policyholders See Hope in Virus Coverage Battles
Sheri Pastor spoke with Law360 saying that, in her view, many of the early business interruption lawsuits during the COVID-19 pandemic that have been dismissed contained "less robust” pleadings respecting direct physical loss or damage and allowed insurers to collaborate and create a non-coverage Continue Reading
NJ Appellate Division Adopts McCarter’s Position on the Admissibility of 510(k) Evidence in a Medical Device Products Liability Case
McCarter recently achieved a victory in the New Jersey Appellate Division when the court reversed a jury verdict and adopted the argument we made in a medical device products liability case. The plaintiffs in this case, a North Carolina woman and her husband, claimed that C.R. Bard, Inc., knew its Continue Reading
As Texans Went without Heat, Light or Water, Some Companies Scored a Big Payday
McCarter partner and General Counsel to the American Public Gas Association commented on the recent energy price changes amidst the winter storms. He said, “… there does not appear to be a culprit like Enron in the California energy crisis some 20 years ago,” he said in a note. “The culprit Continue Reading
Attorney: New Florida Ruling Could Have Lasting Impact on Real Estate Sector
Ira Gonzalez is quoted in this article about a property ruling that could lead to stricter compliance with rules and procedures for approving permits. Continue Reading
NJ Appellate Division Adopts McCarter’s Position on the Admissibility of 510(k) Evidence in a Medical Device Products Liability Case
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently issued a ruling that adopted the argument that McCarter had made in a medical device products liability case that evidence of the FDA’s 510(k) clearance of the product should be admissible at trial. McCarter & English partner David Kott presented Continue Reading