A New Jersey Business Today report on the Supreme Court’s decision in Spade v. Select Comfort Corp discusses the role McCarter attorneys David Kott and Ed Fanning, Jr. played in the much anticipated ruling which protects New Jersey businesses from the frequent abuse of the Continue Reading
Robert Mintz interviewed in “Bloomberg Law: Michael Cohen Becomes a Major Distraction for Trump,” which appeared on Bloomberg Radio
NJ Supreme Court adopts McCarter’s position in NJ TCCWNA Spade/Wegner Class Actions
The New Jersey Supreme Court, in a 7-0 opinion, adopted the argument set forth by McCarter that TCCWNA requires that a Plaintiff suffer some adverse consequences to recover the $100 statutory TCCWNA penalty. McCarter represented amicus curiae the New Jersey Business and Industry Association. Continue Reading
Defense Pushes KPMG Auditor on Wilmington Trust Waivers
Counsel for Wilmington Trust Corp. executives on trial in Delaware federal court for conspiring to grant improper waivers for past-due commercial loans in 2009 and 2010 pressed a manager for the bank’s KPMG LLP outside audit section Monday on multiple disclosures about the practice in shared Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “NJ Wiretap Ruling Opens Discovery Door, But Cautiously,” which appeared in Law360
Without a Cat, Mice Feel Free: The ‘Death’ of Kaspersky Lab
Alex Major is extensively quoted in an article that discusses Kaspersky Lab Inc.’s lawsuit to fight its disbarment as a U.S. government contractor.The government’s move against Kaspersky reflects the embracing of isolationism and ‘‘lazy legislating,’’ Major said.‘‘There could have been a way to Continue Reading
Wilmington Trust Wary of Loan Rechecks, Ex-Manager Says
A former Wilmington Trust Corp. manager testifying under a plea agreement told a Delaware jury Monday that a supervisor suggested in mid-2009 that the bank should stop updating commercial property appraisals tied to troubled loans despite growing outside attention. Under questioning from Continue Reading
McCarter & English Promotes 8 to Partnership in 5 Offices, 7 Practice Groups
Eight McCarter & English attorneys, resident in five of the firm’s offices and seven of its practice groups, have been elevated to partnership. Attorneys from the Boston, Hartford, Newark, New York City, and Wilmington offices have become partners. The new partners practice in intellectual Continue Reading
McCarter lawyers author Amicus brief on behalf of the New Jersey State Bar Association on the statute of limitations in legal malpractice cases
On behalf of the New Jersey State Bar Association McCarter lawyers David Kott, William Reilly and Christopher Rojao co-authored a New Jersey Appellate Division Amicus Curiae brief on choice of law on the statute of limitations in a legal malpractice case. The issue is of importance to NJ licensed Continue Reading
Del. Bank Paid Loan Interest to Prop up Past-Due Clients
Wilmington Trust Co. routinely extended new debt to some commercial borrowers so they could keep up monthly interest payments on matured loans as the Delaware-based bank struggled with a mounting and eventually ruinous past-due account burden, a former manager testified Thursday. Barbara Marley, Continue Reading