President-elect Joe Biden is expected to swiftly reverse an executive order signed by President Trump earlier this year that takes aim at diversity training for government workers by prohibiting the teaching of “divisive concepts.” Franklin Turner, a government contracting lawyer and partner at Continue Reading
Jack Daniel’s Says High Court Must Tell Ninth Circuit ‘Bad Dog’
Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. is petitioning the US Supreme Court to reverse a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that a maker of dog toys could sell one shaped like the company’s familiar whiskey bottles. The appeals court held that VIP Products LLC’s pun-laden chew toy Continue Reading
Despite Challenging Environment, Law Firm McCarter & English Sees Record-Breaking Revenue Year
McCarter’s Managing Partner Joe Boccassini and Hartford Office Managing Partner Moy Ogilvie, along with partner Rolan Joni Young commented in the Hartford Business Journal article regarding the firm’s success in FY2020, in addition to the firm’s work in pro bono and the M&E Social Justice Continue Reading
‘Daniel’s Law’ Heads to Governor’s Desk
A bill prohibiting the disclosure of the home addresses of current or retired federal, state and municipal judicial officers, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, their spouses and their children on the internet passed the New Jersey Senate on Monday and proceeded to Gov. Phil Murphy. Guillermo Continue Reading
Hoboken Charter Schools Retain Counsel in Ongoing Struggle Over 770 Jackson Street PILOT
McCarter partner Guillermo Artiles wrote a letter to Hoboken council and Mayor Ravi Bhalla concerning the ongoing discussions surrounding the three Hoboken Charter Schools being excluded from the PILOT payments appropriated under the 2020 Municipal Budget for the Hoboken School District. McCarter’s Continue Reading
Joe Biden Administration Likely to Overturn Controversial Donald Trump Diversity Training Executive Order
A Joe Biden administration would likely scrap an executive order from the Trump administration that restricts the federal government and its contractors from offering diversity training that President Donald Trump labeled "divisive" and "un-American." “I think it’s highly probable that Continue Reading
McCarter & English Elects Four Equity Partners
Marking the end of a successful fiscal year, McCarter & English, LLP has elected four partners to its equity ranks, effective October 1. The newly named equity partners are Philip Amoa, Dr. Kathleen Ehrhard, Mia Frabotta, and Amy Vanni. “Our new class of equity partners is yet another source Continue Reading
Spear Research Acquired by Pacific Defense
McCarter advised Spear Research, a New Hampshire technology company focused on electronic warfare, signals intelligence, and autonomous networked sensor systems, on its sale to Pacific Defense, a California military-use electromagnetic spectrum technology provider to the Department of Defense and Continue Reading
McCarter & English Named Law Firm of the Year by New Jersey Law Journal
McCarter & English is honored to have been named Law Firm of the Year at last night’s New Jersey Legal Awards virtual ceremony. Selected from three finalists for the breadth of their excellent work in 2019, the firm also received awards in the following categories: Mentor, Dealmaker of the Year, Continue Reading
Firms Avoid Collections Worst-Case Scenarios… So Far
McCarter’s Chief Operating Officer John Brefach and Chief Client Value Officer Alex Macdonald commented to The American Lawyer regarding how collaboration with clients led to creative solutions for billing and collections during the pandemic. Continue Reading