No one can talk about banking without offering speculation as to what the industry may look like under President-elect Donald Trump. Let Mike Horn, a former New Jersey banking commissioner who now represents community banks at McCarter & English, be the first to tell you: “There’s no doubt Continue Reading
Carrier Gets State Incentives, Trump Pledge for Keeping U.S. Jobs
United Technologies Corp's (UTX.N) Carrier unit said on Wednesday it got financial incentives from Indiana and a pledge from President-elect Donald Trump to improve the climate for business in the United States in exchange for keeping more than 1,000 jobs in the state rather than moving them Continue Reading
State-of-the-Industry Report: Key Trends, Issues and a Conversation with NJDEP Commissioner Bob Martin
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (NJDEP) Commissioner Bob Martin has been a driving force for change in how the NJDEP and the business community work together. “This year we are completing our second round of customer service training to build on the success of the first round,” Continue Reading
Rainmaker Q&A
Erik Paul Belt is a partner at McCarter & English LLP in Boston. President of the Boston Patent Law Association, Belt is a trial attorney specializing in patent, trademark and licensing disputes in federal and state courts, arbitrations and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He represents Continue Reading
Who Deserves Overtime? And Who Doesn’t? Questions and Answers
A judge's surprise ruling throws overtime pay rules into chaos for millions of workers—and for your business Managers may have to start working some serious overtime themselves in order to understand how to pay overtime to their employees. A major change in the way employers calculate overtime Continue Reading
Alex Major joins Nuix Chief Information Security Officer Chris Pogue to discuss the legal landscape for US companies that have suffered a security breach
McCarter & English Partner Alex Major joins Nuix Chief Information Security Officer Chris Pogue to discuss the legal landscape for US companies that have suffered a security breach, including what constitutes injury in fact and the threat of lawsuits by customers. Continue Reading
Overtime Rule Injunction Complicates Employers’ Plans
A federal judge’s decision to block the Department of Labor’s new overtime regulation from going into effect Dec. 1 adds a new headache for employers already grappling with how to comply with the rule: Should they roll back changes that have already been put in place, such as awarding raises or Continue Reading
Robert Mintz interviewed in “Bloomberg Law: New Mexico Considers Warrants for Digital Evidence,” which appeared on Bloomberg Radio
Largest Law Firm in New Jersey
According to a recent survey conducted by the New Jersey Law Journal, McCarter & English is the largest law firm in New Jersey by headcount, with 180 attorneys resident in our Newark and East Brunswick offices. Firmwide, there are 399 attorneys in nine East Coast offices. Continue Reading
IP Litigation Department of the Year Profile
We are pleased to announce that the New Jersey Law Journal has recognized our New Jersey-based intellectual property team with its Litigation Department of the Year Award in the Intellectual Property category. The winners were highlighted in a special NJ Law Journal profile on November 14th. Continue Reading