RadioShack Bankruptcy to Test Shelf Life of Privacy Vows
With state regulators raising objections to RadioShack Corp.'s potential sale of personal data of up to 117 million customers, the company's bankruptcy proceedings will test whether privacy promises made to customers live on after a business has collapsed. "When a company obtains customer Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “Feds Face Hurdles to Prove Favors Went Beyond Friendship,” which appeared in The Record
Robert Mintz interviewed on WNYC and WHYY on Menendez indictment
Robert Mintz quoted in “Menendez Doubles Down and Jersey Dems Have His Back” which appeared in The New York Observer
Cynthia Keliher named President of New England Chapter of CoreNet Global
McCarter & English is proud to announce that Boston-based Real Estate partner Cynthia Keliher has been named President of the New England Chapter of CoreNet Global, an association of corporate real estate professionals with more than 8,000 members around the world managing more than $1.2 Continue Reading
3rd Circ. Sandy Debris Ruling Vexes Policyholders
The Third Circuit recently held that "insured property" as it appears in a Standard Flood Insurance Policy doesn't include land, a ruling attorneys say will restrict the ability of policyholders to recover the cost of removing debris swept onto their land by Superstorm Sandy and future storms. In Continue Reading
McCarter & English Tops List of Firms That Call NJ Home
Recent combinations with energy and technology-centric law firms have helped McCarter & English LLP to keep the number one spot on the list of the biggest firms based in New Jersey, according to the Law360 400. Newark remains the home city of McCarter & English, but the state's oldest law Continue Reading
Sandy Plaintiffs Get Boost From PSEG Insurance Ruling
A ruling that insurance policy limits on flooding don't apply to more than $500 million in Hurricane Sandy damages suffered by Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. could aid the legal arguments of other insureds seeking bigger recoveries and lessen the storm's impact on ratepayers, experts Continue Reading
Lawyers Encouraged by Progress on Newark’s Property Tax Refunds
The 2013 property tax revaluation in Newark may have opened the floodgates for appeals by commercial property owners, but city officials are taking new steps to resolve many of those cases and issue refunds to those who have reached settlements. That’s according to attorneys who represent many of Continue Reading