McCarter & English among top firms for gender equality in partner advancement
According to a new 2015 study by the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance, McCarter & English is among the top firms for gender equality in partner advancement. 50 percent of the firm’s new partners are female, in comparison to the 34.4 percent industry average for new partner promotions at Continue Reading
Frank Ferruggia “Go-to Tax Guy” in Real Estate Industry
Frank Ferruggia, a partner in McCarter and English’s Tax Appeal Group, was referred to by a real estate industry source as “the go-to tax guy in the state” in NJBIZ as part of their Power 50 feature. The source goes on to say, “If you’re going to do an appeal, Frank is your guy. I don’t Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “NJ Privilege Exception Boosts Prosecutors’ Negotiating Power,” which appeared in Law360
Fanning, Chair of McCarter’s Products Liability Group, Honored as a 2015 Professional Lawyer of the Year
The New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law and the New Jersey Defense Association have recognized Edward J. Fanning, Jr. of McCarter & English as a 2015 Professional Lawyer of the Year. The NJDA – the state’s leading organization of civil defense trial attorneys – and the Continue Reading
Independent Women: Mid-life Female Entrepreneurs Finding Their Second Wind
Cheryl Newton, 46, vividly recalls the time, just before 9/11, when designing high-end shoreline Connecticut houses had her on the partner track at the architectural firm where she worked. Married, she had a young, growing family. But something, Newton says, still wasn't quite right. "I have a Continue Reading
Edward Fanning, Jr. and David Kott write amicus curiae brief to New Jersey Appellate Division on behalf of the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey
Edward Fanning, Jr. and David Kott have submitted an amicus curiae brief to the New Jersey Appellate Division on behalf of the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey in In re: Accutane Litigation. The brief addresses the New Jersey Product Liability Act’s presumption of adequacy that applies Continue Reading
NJ Justices Weigh Edge For Builders In Defect Coverage Suits
New Jersey's highest court has agreed to decide whether damages resulting from a subcontractor's defective work on a condominium complex triggered an insurer's duty to defend the general contractor, and attorneys say a ruling favoring the condo association could eliminate an easy out for carriers in Continue Reading
Robert Mintz interviewed in “What Law Enforcement Can Search on Mobile Phones,” which appeared on Bloomberg Law Radio
Successful Companies Often Emerge from Non-Traditional Business Ideas
COMMERCE ASKED SOME OF New Jersey’s top professional services firms about their most unusual clients and we learned of an indoor, vertical vegetable farm in urban Newark; a luxury spa and resort for dogs; and stables that produced American Pharoah, the horse that won the Belmont Stakes and became Continue Reading