On Sunday, December 13, temperature-controlled semi-trailer trucks operated by Boyle Transportation, a UPS partner, hauled the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses exiting the pharmaceutical giant’s Portage, Michigan-based manufacturing plant. It was the initial leg of one of the most monumental Continue Reading
Partners for Women and Justice Releases Report on How the Pandemic Is Impacting Victims of Domestic Violence
Partners for Women and Justice (Partners), a New Jersey non-profit that provides individualized legal services to victims of domestic violence, and Seton Hall Law School Center for Social Justice have released a report that examines the possible causes for the heightened prevalence and severity of Continue Reading
Top Five Government Contracting Policies of 2020: Year in Review
This year has seen several big and contentious policy changes affecting government contractors, including the rollout of the Pentagon's sweeping new cybersecurity rule and restrictions on anti-bias training affecting contractors' workforces. Commenting on the anti-bias training, Franklin Turner, Continue Reading
Top Five Government Contracts Cases of 2020: Year in Review
Law360 breaks down the decisions from US courts and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 2020 that impacted federal contractors, addressing issues like the impacts of COVID-19 and how personal relationships between contractors and federal employees can sink a deal. McCarter partner Continue Reading
US Government May Find It Hard to Get More Doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine
With Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine poised for Food and Drug Administration authorization for emergency use, there's speculation about when the United States will buy another batch of doses — and whether the Trump administration already missed its chance. Although a Pfizer board member says the Continue Reading
McCarter Partners Recognized by Irish Legal 100
McCarter congratulates Ed Fanning, Cathy Mohan, and Mike Kelly on being named among the Irish Legal 100 for 2020. Founded in 2008 by the Irish Voice newspaper, the Irish Legal 100 is an annual compilation of the most distinguished legal professionals of Irish descent from across the United States. Continue Reading
Campbell Soup Beats Investor Suit Over Financial Outlook
A New Jersey federal judge has canned a consolidated proposed securities class action against Campbell Soup Co. over its rosy financial projections for the company's fresh foods division, finding that investors had not sufficiently alleged the food giant acted knowingly or recklessly in making Continue Reading
A Bridge Over Troubled Water: How Public Corruption Cases Will Be Prosecuted and Defended After Kelly Demonstrated Once Again That Everything’s Legal in Jersey
Daniella Gordon participated in a session titled “A Bridge Over Troubled Water: How Public Corruption Cases Will Be Prosecuted and Defended After Kelly Demonstrated Once Again That Everything’s Legal in Jersey” during PACDL White Collar Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Continue Reading
Kean Campaign Not Opposing Malinowski Suit Over Naked Ballots
New Jersey State Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean’s congressional campaign did not oppose Rep. Tom Malinowski’s suit seeking a list of rejected ballots from five counties in the state’s seventh Congressional district, but the Kean campaign requested that the Court give them any information that the Continue Reading
Joe Cherico Named to Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Board
Joe Cherico has been named to the Board of the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center for the 2020-2021 year. Media coverage includes the articles below: Connecticut Law Tribune (Subscription required) Hartford Business Journal (Subscription required) Continue Reading