Law360 discusses a Delaware federal court case in which McCarter and co-counsel are representing the owner of a luxury Moroccan hotel in its efforts to enforce a $60 million arbitral win in a contract dispute with Woodman hotel management company Maroc SARL. The report focuses on a subpoena issued Continue Reading
David Kott Receives NJBIA’s Amicus Societas Award
The New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA) has awarded McCarter partner David Kott its newly established Amicus Societas Award in recognition of David’s outstanding contributions to the state’s business community. As chair of NJBIA’s Legal Affairs Committee for the past 15 years, David Continue Reading
Maggie Wallach Elected to Executive Committee
McCarter & English, LLP is pleased to announce that Margarita Wallach has been elected as the newest member of the firm’s Executive Committee, effective immediately. Maggie was elected in recognition of her numerous and varied contributions to the firm and the strategic vision she has Continue Reading
Amazon Could Challenge Loss of $10 Billion Pentagon Cloud Deal as Early as Next Week
The Pentagon has awarded its controversial $10 billion cloud-computing business to Microsoft, snubbing a bid from Amazon. If Amazon decides to fight the DoD’s decision, it could act as early as next week by going to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) or the US Court of Federal Claims. Continue Reading
New Pressures on Parents in College Scandal
Managing partner of McCarter’s Newark office and former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz discusses the government’s strategy behind the filing of new bribery charges against parents refusing to plead guilty in the college admissions scandal. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. Continue Reading
DoD’s Haste May Spell Turbulent Start for Cybersecurity Plan
Although the DoD has released more information and a pending Version 0.6 for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), there are still unanswered questions and issues that need clarification ahead of the final plan, said McCarter partner Alex Major. “The mad dash to get it done on Continue Reading
Omar Bareentto Honored as a Trailblazer in the Muslim Legal Community
Omar Bareentto will be honored as a trailblazer in the Muslim legal community at the Rutgers Muslim Law Student Association’s Inaugural Gala. Continue Reading
Natalie Mantell Named a “Professional Lawyer of the Year” by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law
McCarter partner Natalie Mantell was honored by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law as a “Professional Lawyer of the Year,” an award presented to lawyers respected by their colleagues for their character, competence and exemplary professional behavior. Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Continue Reading
Sirius XM to Settle Chancery Stock Buyback Suit for $8.3M
A report in Law360 discusses the multimillion-dollar settlement of a long-running Delaware Chancery Court derivative suit in which McCarter served as co-counsel to a class of former Sirius XM minority stockholders who alleged fiduciary breaches and related failures in connection with a $500 million Continue Reading
95 McCarter Lawyers Named 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
We are proud to share that 95 McCarter lawyers have been recognized as 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Nominated by their peers and clients, only 5% of lawyers in each state are named Super Lawyers and only 2.5% of eligible lawyers are named Rising Stars. They were recognized within the Continue Reading