Triple Play is a weekly NJBIZ feature that asks top executives in New Jersey to talk about three things related to their industry. Curtis A. Johnson is a Newark-based partner at McCarter & English, where he advises clients on business transactions, including impact investing. Here, Curtis Continue Reading
NJ High Court Throws Up Roadblock for Harassment Plaintiffs
A New Jersey Supreme Court decision that helps employers fight liability over a supervisor's sexual harassment is a game changer that should encourage companies to strengthen anti-harassment policies, but could also hurt employees who delay coming forward because of retaliation fears, experts Continue Reading
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Cybersecurity Practices Booming in Era of the Breach
The cybersecurity woes of companies like Target and Sony in 2014 have meant a busy start to 2015 for law firm data-privacy and security practices. Law firms have been preparing for several years to assist clients with data security needs, with several touting practices in a space that blends Continue Reading
Client Cybersecurity Demands Drive Burgeoning Practices
William Hughes recalls being at a client's office at 3 a.m.—in the midst of responding to an ongoing cyberattack—when they discovered that the hackers learned of law enforcement's involvement by infiltrating an employee device. Those issues commonly require a lawyer's involvement, and firms that Continue Reading
TDC Sues University of Delaware over Failed Project
The thwarted data center development at The University of Delaware has entered a new chapter of litigation. A 66-page lawsuit has been filed against the University of Delaware by Pennsylvania-based The Data Centers (TDC) which alleges that the university sabotaged its effort and lied to the Continue Reading
Data Centers Supporters Call for Investigation
Supporters of a proposed data center and power plant at the University of Delaware's STAR campus are calling on lawmakers to investigate the failed project following new allegations by the developer that the university sabotaged the effort and lied to the public. "Let's find out what really Continue Reading
Lawsuit Exposes Raw Nerves over UD Data Center Decision
Raw nerves over the University of Delaware decision to terminate a lease with the Data Centers project have been exposed as a suit was filed by developers of the project in Superior Court. The suit led to concern among organized labor and legislators about the university’s actions and calls for Continue Reading
Del. University Sued for Axing $1B Project After Protests
A data center developer zapped the University of Delaware with a state court lawsuit Wednesday, alleging the school wrongfully broke off a lease deal for a $1.3 billion project after environmental activists came out against the plan's on-site power plant.The Data Centers LLC, which won a University Continue Reading
The Data Centers Sues University of Delaware
Fallout from the failed data center construction project in Newark, Delaware, continues to get nastier and nastier. First, the University of Delaware broke its lease agreement with the developer (the development was going to be on a university-owned property), dooming it to fail. What followed Continue Reading