With insurers phasing out coverage for data breaches and other cyber-related risks from traditional policies, policyholders are increasingly turning to specialty cyber insurance products to protect themselves. However, standalone cyber insurance policies offer widely varied coverage, and the market Continue Reading
New Jersey State Bar Association honors John Garde with 2015 William A. Dreier Award for Excellence in Product Liability Law
John Garde has received the 2015 William A. Dreier Award for Excellence in Product Liability Law from the New Jersey State Bar Association. The award is given annually to an attorney noted for advancing the case of litigants in complex products liability cases. The award will be presented to Mr. Continue Reading
Why It Pays for Firms to Hire Others to Do Their In-House Work
You know the deal: The cobbler's children go unshod. Here's a modern-day update of the parable you never knew would work so well in a business setting, courtesy of Mark Daniele of McCarter & English: There are attorneys who could handle the unpopular legal work involved with his or her own Continue Reading
McCarter Partners Named Top New Jersey Super Lawyers 2015
Super Lawyers has recognized two of McCarter & English’s Newark-based partners for the organization’s highest levels of peer recognition in New Jersey: Susan A. Feeney, as one of the Top 50 Women New Jersey Super Lawyers 2015, and David R. Kott, as one of the Top 100 New Jersey Super Continue Reading
Robert Mintz interviewed on Bloomberg Radio’s national legal show in “Bloomberg Law: Senator Menendez’s Legal Woes”
Attorneys React to High Court’s Agency Rule-Making Decision
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Labor Department, ruling that federal agencies don't have to go through formal rule-making to make significant changes to rules interpreting regulations. Here, attorneys tell Law360 why the decision in Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association is Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “Key Hurdle for Prosecution: Proving Menendez Acted Out of More Than Friendship,” which appeared in The Bergen Record
Bankruptcy Court Approves Offer to Buy Tengion
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Delaware approved a turnkey ownership offer on Friday from two former Tengion Inc. executives for the regenerative-medicine company’s assets. Tengion filed for volunteer Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection Dec. 29. Tengion listed $2.78 million in assets and $32.7 Continue Reading
McCarter named 2015 Litigation Department of the Year in Business/Financial Law
McCarter was named Litigation Department of the Year in the category of Business/Financial Law in the Connecticut Law Tribune’s annual awards for the top litigation departments in the state. Continue Reading
Michael P. Kelly Inducted into American College of Trial Lawyers
Prestigious National Trial Lawyers Group Bestows Honor on Delaware-Based Chair of McCarter & English with High-Visibility National Practice WILMINGTON, DE – The American College of Trial Lawyers, the exclusive 65-year-old organization that recognizes only a handful of litigators for Continue Reading