President Trump and his supporters seized on newly disclosed documents to argue Thursday that his former aide Michael Flynn was railroaded into pleading guilty as part of the FBI investigation into the 2016 campaign and Russian interference, but legal experts said the material is unlikely to Continue Reading
Chambers Ranks 51 McCarter Attorneys and 12 Practice Areas for 2020
McCarter & English is pleased to announce that 51 of our attorneys and 12 of our practice groups have been recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2020, the premier nationwide law firm survey. Our practice groups are ranked in four different metropolitan areas as Continue Reading
Bridgegate Mastermind David Wildstein May Have Struck a Secret Deal to Get off the Hook
Just days before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on the Bridgegate case, the attorney for David Wildstein, the mastermind behind the scheme, claims he struck a secret deal with federal prosecutors that could now get his client off the hook and clear his name. "When you plead guilty, there Continue Reading
Michael Horn Named Recipient of NJBankers’ 2020 Forrey—Gallman Award
Michael Horn has been named NJBankers’ 2020 Forrey—Gallman Award recipient for his long-term outstanding service to the New Jersey banking industry. The award will be presented at the NJBankers Senior Management Conference September 20-22, 2020, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Continue Reading
Chambers Names Ron Leibman a Leading Lawyer for Road Transportation Nationwide
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has ranked Ronald M. Leibman in Transportation: Road (Carriage/Commercial) nationwide for 2020 and for the 6th consecutive year. Ron is a respected leader in supply chain law who delivers business-oriented solutions for manufacturers, Continue Reading
Jersey ‘Lawyers for Joe’ Launches to Help Protect the Vote Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
The Jersey for Joe team, led by Rob Garrison, Marilyn Davis, Michael DuPont and Guillermo Artiles, has partnered with former New Jersey State Bar President John Keefe, Jr. to launch Jersey Lawyers for Joe. The group is still in formation and plans to build out a county-by-county cohort that will Continue Reading
Military Medevac Raises COVID Questions for Contractors
Three patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 became the first to use the Air Force’s “transportation isolation system.” They were loaded Friday into biocontainment units inside a plane and flown nearly 4,000 miles from Afghanistan to a U.S. base in Germany. Last weekend’s transport was not Continue Reading
White House Stonewall Claims Won’t Aid Amazon JEDI Protest
The White House's stonewalling of an investigation into the Pentagon's JEDI cloud contract has prompted renewed allegations of bias from Amazon as it protests the deal, but experts say the company faces a steep climb to show the deal was unfair. But while Trump's efforts to "[go] out of his way, Continue Reading
Amazon’s Lawsuit Over a $10 Billion Pentagon Contract Lays out Disturbing Allegations Against Trump
Franklin Turner is quoted in a Yahoo Finance article on Amazon’s lawsuit over the Pentagon awarding the $10 billion JEDI cloud contract to Microsoft, alleging that the president’s dislike of Amazon influenced the decision to award the contract to Microsoft. Continue Reading
Law Students May Now Practice Before Sitting for the Bar Exam
In response to the financial hardship that 2020 law school graduates would face due to the indefinite postponement of the bar exam, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court Stuart Rabner will allow students who have not taken and passed the bar to practice law in New Jersey. It’ll have a Continue Reading