Dan Silver has been named to the Delaware Business Times “DBT40 2015,” a list of Delaware professionals under the age of 40 who are making a difference across the state with their intelligence, initiative and innovation. The award winners will be honored at a September 30 Continue Reading
Insurers Must Shell Out $27M for Uranium Mine Cleanup
A New Mexico state judge on Tuesday ordered certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London and other London Market insurers to pay more than $27 million in a dispute over coverage for former uranium mining company United Nuclear Corp.'s costs associated with the environmental cleanup of a mine Continue Reading
McCarter Pro Bono Team Gives Sex Traffic Victim A Fresh Start
Lawyers working pro bono from McCarter & English LLP and Volunteer Lawyers for Justice helped a woman forced into prostitution get her New Jersey criminal record wiped clean, a success they hope will inspire other sex trafficking victims to fight to clear their criminal records and avoid Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “Lawsuit Puts Focus on Ties Between Christie, Non-profit,” which appeared in The Record
People in the News
Philip Amoa was mentioned and pictured in the paper’s “People in the News” section, which covered the small business legal clinic McCarter recently hosted with Philadelphia VIP, a local nonprofit that helps to provide pro bono legal services to entrepreneurs and small businesses, in our Philadelphia Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “Menendez’s Lawyers Ask Judge to Throw Out Corruption Indictment,” which appeared in The Record
Powerwave Trustees Strike $5.5M Settlement with Ex-Brass
The Chapter 7 trustee for defunct wireless company Powerwave Technologies Inc. on Thursday asked a Delaware federal bankruptcy judge to approve a $5.5 million settlement with a group of adversary defendants, including former company executives, ending a $13 million clawback suit and other Continue Reading
Superior Ct. Dismisses 11-Year-Old Fraud Case Against AstraZeneca
Almost 11 years after the suit was filed, a Delaware court has dismissed a class action against AstraZeneca over its alleged consumer fraud in the marketing of heartburn medication Nexium. Superior Court Judge Vivian L. Medinilla said there was just not enough evidence to show that the Continue Reading
Attorneys React to DOL Misclassification Guidance
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance on how to determine whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The misclassification guidance says most workers qualify as “employees” under the FLSA's expansive definitions. Here, Continue Reading
McCarter Helps AstraZeneca Defeat Longstanding Multi-State Suit
The health care funds of six New York-based unions cannot pursue a class action accusing AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP of running a deceptive marketing campaign for the heartburn drug Nexium after a Delaware state judge ruled Wednesday the unions couldn't prove they had been injured by the Continue Reading