Full-Time Fellow Will Represent Underserved Newark Residents On Critical Legal Issues NEWARK – Citing its longstanding ties and deep commitment to Newark, McCarter & English has established a pro bono fellowship to assist Newark residents with their legal issues. The law firm, which Continue Reading
McCarter Touts New Pro Bono Focus for Newark Residents Facing Eviction
McCarter & English has launched a new initiative to provide pro bono legal representation to Newark residents who are facing eviction proceedings by their landlords. The program, slated to begin in early fall, will expand the law firm’s pro bono services to low-income tenants in its home Continue Reading
McCarter & English Launches Newark Pro Bono Fellowship
More than 150 years since McCarter & English LLP set up its headquarters in Newark, the firm and the city took another step Tuesday in their shared history by unveiling a pro bono fellowship to serve the unmet legal needs of Newark residents, with an initial focus on assisting tenants facing Continue Reading
Judge tosses Grimaldi lawsuit, ending long-running county government soap opera
Delaware Online reported on McCarter’s success in securing the dismissal of all claims against New Castle County and its former County Executive a high-profile defamation lawsuit filed by the county’s former Chief Administrative Officer. Click to read the full article: “Judge Tosses Grimaldi Continue Reading
Appellate Division’s Adoption of McCarter’s Position on Statute of Limitations in Malpractice Cases
In a report on the Appellate Division’s decision that New Jersey attorneys cannot be held to the longer New Jersey professional malpractice statute of limitations when representing clients in other states, the New Jersey Law Journal notes that the ruling restated the New Jersey State Bar Continue Reading
A Bucks County Couple Kept 31 Cats in Squalor. A New State Law is Helping Prosecute Them
In an apartment at Stonebridge Run, Thompson, a humane society police officer for the Bucks County Society for Protection of Animals, found 31 cats living in squalor, picking their way through trash and debris covering the floor, confined to using just two overflowing litter boxes. Five exotic Continue Reading
Patent Cases to Watch in The 2nd Half of 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court in June agreed to hear an appeal from Helsinn Healthcare SA, in a case that gives the justices a chance to provide guidance about the scope of the on-sale bar in the wake of the America Invents Act. The on-sale bar is a provision of patent law holding that sales of an Continue Reading
The Biggest Employment Decisions of 2018: Midyear Report
The U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster decisions in Epic Systems and Janus, which cleared the way for businesses to use class action waivers in arbitration pacts with workers and stripped public-sector unions of the ability to collect “fair share” fees from workers, were among the highlights of 2018 Continue Reading
Lessons From This Year’s High Court Patent Rulings
It was another busy term for patent law at the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices upheld the constitutionality of the America Invents Act review system for challenging the validity of patents but mandated a key change in how it operates, while also expanding the availability of lost profits Continue Reading