Super Lawyers has recognized two of McCarter & English’s Newark-based partners for the organization’s highest levels of peer recognition in New Jersey: Susan A. Feeney, as one of the Top 50 Women New Jersey Super Lawyers 2015, and David R. Kott, as one of the Top 100 New Jersey Super Continue Reading
Robert Mintz interviewed on Bloomberg Radio’s national legal show in “Bloomberg Law: Senator Menendez’s Legal Woes”
Attorneys React to High Court’s Agency Rule-Making Decision
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Labor Department, ruling that federal agencies don't have to go through formal rule-making to make significant changes to rules interpreting regulations. Here, attorneys tell Law360 why the decision in Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association is Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “Key Hurdle for Prosecution: Proving Menendez Acted Out of More Than Friendship,” which appeared in The Bergen Record
Bankruptcy Court Approves Offer to Buy Tengion
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Delaware approved a turnkey ownership offer on Friday from two former Tengion Inc. executives for the regenerative-medicine company’s assets. Tengion filed for volunteer Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection Dec. 29. Tengion listed $2.78 million in assets and $32.7 Continue Reading
McCarter named 2015 Litigation Department of the Year in Business/Financial Law
McCarter was named Litigation Department of the Year in the category of Business/Financial Law in the Connecticut Law Tribune’s annual awards for the top litigation departments in the state. Continue Reading
Michael P. Kelly Inducted into American College of Trial Lawyers
Prestigious National Trial Lawyers Group Bestows Honor on Delaware-Based Chair of McCarter & English with High-Visibility National Practice WILMINGTON, DE – The American College of Trial Lawyers, the exclusive 65-year-old organization that recognizes only a handful of litigators for Continue Reading
Despite Drop in New Patent Suits, Attys Hard at Work
A 19 percent drop in the number of new patent lawsuits filed in 2014 can be traced to U.S. Supreme Court rulings that appear to be discouraging nonpracticing entities from bringing cases, but the reduction has had virtually no effect on the patent workload at major firms, attorneys Continue Reading
For Companies, Cybersecurity Is a Cost-Benefit Analysis
As companies come to terms with cybersecurity risks, they're faced with questions of how to address them—and how much it's all going to cost. One potential expense is cyberinsurance, which covers calamities that general policies typically don't, said J. Wylie Donald, a Wilmington, Delaware-based Continue Reading
Ill. High Court’s Rescission Ruling a Warning for Firms
The Illinois Supreme Court's recent ruling that the “innocent insured” doctrine couldn't prevent an insurer from using rescission to terminate a law firm's malpractice policy strengthened the defense for insurers and showed that firms need to be on guard against material misrepresentations on Continue Reading