As we welcome the new year, most people take the time to reevaluate their eating habits and find ways to better themselves, but for M&A partners it can be a good time to reflect on the past year and formulate a game plan for the next 12 months. McCarter & English LLP partner Howard Continue Reading
M&A Regulation to Watch in 2018
With promises from the current administration to roll back a trove of Obama-era regulations, eviscerate current banking rules and crack down on foreign investments in the United States, the regulatory landscape for deal-makers is in a near-constant state of upheaval. Howard Berkower of McCarter Continue Reading
How Attorneys Can Land Big-Ticket Deals in 2018
For some attorneys, billion-dollar deals are the stuff of dreams. Lawyers looking to turn those dreams into reality, however, can take important steps to make sure it's their phone ringing next time companies come calling. A key to landing a spot on high-profile deals is standing out in the Continue Reading
Key New Jersey Cases to Watch in 2018
McCarter partners Edward Fanning and David Kott represent amici curiae the Health Care Institute of New Jersey, the New Jersey Business and Industry Association and the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce with respect to In re: Accutane, which is currently before the New Jersey Supreme Court. Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “Key New Jersey Cases to Watch in 2018,” which appeared in Law360
Top Gov’t Contracts Policy Developments of 2017
2017 introduced several major policy changes that will affect federal contractors’ operations for years to come, from the implementation of a stringent new defense cybersecurity rule and the repeal of a deeply unpopular rule on labor violations to provisions of a sprawling Pentagon budget bill that Continue Reading
Greater Philadelphia’s Millennials to Watch
Throughout 2017, the Philadelphia Business Journal profiled Millennials to Watch in our region – people born in 1982 or later who are having an impact in their industries and the community. McCarter's Phil Amoa is featured. Click to read full article: “Greater Philadelphia's Millennials to Continue Reading
Nonprofits Are Tapping Outside Firms to Conduct Internal Probes
Two of New York City’s major cultural institutions have hired outside law firms to conduct internal investigations after sexual-harassment allegations were lodged against powerful figures at their organizations. For institutions such as the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Ballet, hiring Continue Reading
The NJ Supreme Court Argument That Lawsuits Must Have Actual Injury
New Jersey businesses should not have to defend themselves against class action lawsuits where no one has been seriously harmed. That was the argument recently made before the NJ State Supreme Court by attorney David R. Kott of McCarter & English. Earlier this year, the court ruled that class Continue Reading
The Biggest New Jersey Cases of 2017
Law360 has listed Debra Dugan et al. v. TGI Friday's Inc. et al., and Ernest Bozzi v. OSI Restaurant Partners LLC as one of the "biggest" New Jersey cases of 2017. McCarter submitted a brief and argued in the New Jersey Supreme Court that the case should not be certified as a class action, and in an Continue Reading