More than three decades after its passage, a modest New Jersey consumer-protection law has become an Internet scourge, at least in the eyes of some companies.Passed in 1981 to ensure businesses did not mislead customers about their rights, the Truth in Consumer Contract, Warranty, and Notice Act Continue Reading
NJ Time Limits Should Apply To Accutane Case, Justices Told
The attorney for an Accutane user seeking to reinstate his $25 million jury verdict over the acne drug’s adverse effects urged the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday to apply the state’s statute of limitations rules to the case, emphasizing the Garden State’s role as a “vanguard” of pharmaceutical Continue Reading
New Jersey Supreme Court grants McCarter’s motion for leave to appear as Amicus in TCCWNA case – Bozzi v. OSI Restaurant Partners
The firm will appear as an amicus on behalf of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association in Bozzi v. OSI Restaurant Partners. In the brief, authors David R. Kott and Edward J. Fanning, Jr. argue that cases involving the Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA) should never Continue Reading
Jumio Equity Holder Objects To Releases For Directors
An equity holder of bankrupt identity verification software maker Jumio Inc. objected to the company's Chapter 11 plan Tuesday, saying releases granted to directors let them off the hook for allegedly driving the firm into insolvency. In its objection, Bloso Investments Ltd. said the global Continue Reading
McCarter & English Names New Managing Partner
Newark-based McCarter & English announced Monday it has named Joseph Boccassini its new managing partner at the firm. Effective Oct. 1, the appointment came after a unanimous vote by the firm’s executive committee. Boccassini replaced Stephen Vajtay, who is stepping down after six years in Continue Reading
Boccassini is New Managing Partner at McCarter & English Following Unanimous Vote
Metropolitan Corporate Counsel reported on Joseph T. Boccassini, being named Firmwide Managing Partner. Boccassini began his legal career as a summer associate at McCarter & English in 1991 and worked his way up to become a partner and later a prominent member of the firm’s management, has Continue Reading
Boccassini is New Firmwide Managing Partner at McCarter & English
Began Guiding Region’s Pre-Eminent Firm October 1; Vajtay Returns to Fulltime Tax Practice After Six Years as MP: ‘The Time Is Right’ Joseph T. Boccassini, who began his legal career as a summer associate at McCarter & English in 1991 and worked his way up to become a partner and later a Continue Reading
Passing the Torch at McCarter & English
The New Jersey Law Journal reported on Joe Boccassini taking on the role of Firmwide Managing Partner. Of the changes McCarter & English has undergone in recent years, one significant one was done rather quietly: Not long ago the firm's first written partnership agreement was executed."McCarter Continue Reading
WorkZone: SEC Prompting Companies to Rethink Severance Agreements
Recent enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are making companies rethink the terms of severance agreements they provide to departing employees. The actions concerned fairly commonplace clauses that prohibit former employees from seeking monetary awards for Continue Reading
PE Fund Closings Slide In Q3 But Look Set To Rebound
There was a significant dip in private equity fund closings in the third quarter as the industry grappled with increased competition, as well as uncertainty related to the global economy and U.S. presidential election, but experts say the numbers will go up as the end of 2016 draws near. In the Continue Reading