While Amazon.com Inc. and other U.S. technology companies face potential enforcement action from regulators in 2020, antitrust experts say history suggests that rule changes are more likely than a big tech breakup. Amazon could adapt to new regulations, but an order to separate business segments Continue Reading
Judge Blocks California Gig Economy Law Enforcement on Truckers
A federal judge halted California’s attempt to regulate trucking companies’ use of independent drivers under the state’s new “gig economy” law, extending a temporary bar on enforcement of the measure while an industry challenge plays out in court. “This is a major win for the trucking industry,” Continue Reading
All Eyes on Fed. Court after Trucking Cos.’ Classification Win
A state court judge's ruling that a new California law making it tougher to classify workers as contractors doesn't cover motor carriers bodes well for the trucking industry's push to secure a preliminary injunction at a closely watched federal court hearing next week. "I don't think a single Continue Reading
NJ Tax Court Cuts Commercial Property’s Assessments by $40 Million
A New Jersey town wrongly increased the value of a commercial property using a prior year’s assessment that was later invalidated, the state tax court has found, cutting two assessments down by around $20 million each. Partner Dan Zazzali, who represents property owner Plaza Twenty Three, said Continue Reading
McCarter Team, Through an Amicus Brief, Successfully Defends Children Against Abusers
McCarter partner Wyley Proctor filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Women’s Bar Association and Massachusetts Law Reform Institute in a landmark case deciding how Massachusetts treats evidence of domestic abuse in child custody modification cases. In its Dec. 26th decision, the Massachusetts Continue Reading
Will Lawsuit over Old Jacksonville Landfill Site Still Mention Landfill?
Ira Gonzalez is quoted in this article about a lawsuit brought by homeowners in Jacksonville’s Fairway Oaks against Habitat for Humanity's local affiliate HabiJax. Continue Reading
5 Top Labor and Employment Laws & Regs from 2019
McCarter partner Hugh Murray and other thought leaders discuss with Law360 the laws and regulations that made waves in 2019. For example, the National Labor Relations Board issued a rule scaling back an Obama-era regulation that had been intended to streamline the process for workers to vote on Continue Reading
Chondrial Therapeutics and Zafgen Announce Definitive Merger Agreement
A multidisciplinary team of McCarter lawyers advised Chondrial Therapeutics, Inc., on its definitive merger agreement with Zafgen, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZFGN) under which Chondrial will acquire Zafgen in a reverse merger wherein the stockholders of Chondrial will become the majority owners of Zafgen’s Continue Reading
Amazon Protest Could Lead to a Rebid of $10B Pentagon Cloud Contract
Amazon Web Services Inc.’s bid protest of the $10 billion cloud contract award for Microsoft Corp. will delay the contract’s implementation and could lead to the DoD rebidding the work. In the event of a court-ordered rebid, the DoD could change the terms of the request for the work, but that may Continue Reading
Pentagon Dismisses Amazon Questions over Esper’s Recusal in “War Cloud” Case
The Pentagon is rejecting a key part of Amazon’s lawsuit over whether President Trump improperly intervened in a $10 billion cloud-computing contract. A DoD spokeswoman said Amazon was incorrect when it alleged that the Pentagon had already chosen Microsoft as the contract winner by the time Defense Continue Reading