New Jersey’s struggling gambling industry, outspoken workforce and vulnerable environment have driven legislative developments in recent months, giving attorneys tackling related or potential litigation plenty of pending bills to watch in 2016. Paid Sick Leave Among the most controversial Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “New Jersey Cases To Watch In 2016,” which appeared in Law360
Erik Belt comments on BPLA quoted in “Law & Money” section of Boston Business Journal
Erik Belt, the new president of the Boston Patent Law Association, was quoted in Boston Business Journal's "Law & Money" section on December 18th. "If you look at statistics in the Patent Office about where patents are coming from, Boston and the area around it are disproportionately Continue Reading
Risperdal Victim Asks Pa. Judge For New Damages Trial
After winning a $500,000 verdict against a Johnson & Johnson unit last week when a Philadelphia jury found the antipsychotic drug Risperdal had hidden risks and caused a male patient to grow breasts, the Wisconsin man on Friday asked a judge for a new trial on damages. Timothy Stange, who Continue Reading
How Much Credit Monitoring Are You Entitled to After a Data Breach
Given all of the big-name data breaches that have occurred during the past few years, there’s a good chance your personal or payment information has been compromised. There’s also a chance you’ve been offered some type of identity protection, usually in the form of free credit monitoring, by the Continue Reading
First Step in Flying a Drone Begins on Land
The new [FAA drone registration] rules come on the heels of a report by Bard College citing 240 close-calls between drones and airplanes nationwide. That includes nearly 90 incidents in the tri-state area. The FAA warns that failure to comply could cost you up to $27,500 in fines, or up to three Continue Reading
Benecard Seeks Coverage For $75M Medicare Plan Suit
Prescription drug benefit administrator Benecard sued Allied World Specialty Insurance and other insurers in New Jersey federal court on Monday, seeking coverage for a $75 million lawsuit accusing it of improperly managing Medicare Part D plans and causing the plans' sponsor to sell them at a Continue Reading
Attorneys React To The Paris Climate Change Deal
Nearly 200 countries reached a historic agreement in Paris over the weekend to limit greenhouse gas emissions in hopes of curbing global warming. Here, attorneys tell Law360 what they see as the takeaways from the landmark accord. J. Wylie Donald, McCarter & English LLP “A non-binding Continue Reading
Forget Patent Trolls. This Boston Attorney Is Battling Silicon Valley’s Darth Vader
Erik Paul Belt, the McCarter & English LLP partner who last week started his one-year term as president of the Boston Patent Law Association, thinks intellectual property rights in this country are under attack. Like, a Death Star level of attack. The group he leads includes more than 900 Continue Reading
The Pro Bono Cases BigLaw Clamors To Handle
While headline-making litigations like the Defense of Marriage Act case in the U.S. Supreme Court and work for economically challenged criminal defendants continues to hold the attention of BigLaw pro bono counsels, that doesn't mean the legal industry isn't finding new avenues for volunteer legal Continue Reading