Mark Nikolsky and Simone Wilson-Brito have been named to New Jersey Law Journal’s “2014 New Leaders of the Bar,” a list of 50 lawyers under 40 who represent a new wave of leadership in the New Jersey bar. The list featured lawyers who stood out because they have developed practice niches, amassed Continue Reading
Revisions Take Bite Out Of Proposed NJ Hiring Restrictions
New Jersey employers could soon be living with new hiring process restrictions intended to combat discrimination against the unemployed and remove barriers for people with criminal records, but those bills now before Gov. Chris Christie have undergone changes that should soften the impact for the Continue Reading
Robert Mintz interviewed on Bloomberg Radio’s national legal show regarding a decision by the D.C. Circuit concerning the ability of in-house counsel to conduct corporate internal investigations
Accounting Mistakes Can Squeeze Pension Benefits
This article examines the problem of pension fund benefit miscalculations and overpayments, discusses how pension funds recover their overpayments and their obligation to do so, and profiles some retirees who have had pension overpayments recovered after being mistakenly overpaid. Continue Reading
NJ Justices Give OK to Volunteer Lawyers in Bankruptcy Cases
The New Jersey Supreme Court on July 2 cleared the way for more lawyers to take on pro bono bankruptcy work, especially those from larger firms. The court overturned an ethics opinion which found that lawyers who do pro bono work for Chapter 7 debtors without any assets have a conflict of Continue Reading
McCarter & English featured in “New Jersey Powerhouse: McCarter & English” in Law360
It would be tough to navigate Newark without McCarter. That is, the McCarter Highway, the stretch of Route 21 that carries commuters into New Jersey's most populous city. And it's arguably just as difficult to navigate Newark's legal landscape without McCarter & English LLP, the state's oldest Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “U.S. Supreme Court’s Milestone Ruling Protects Cellphone Privacy,” on Reuters
Sheri Pastor quoted in Law360, “Supermarkets, Lexington Battle Over $22M Sandy Deductible”
6 Tips for Shaving Down a Hotel Tax Bill
Hotels can have a hard time scoring fair tax assessments given their complicated revenue streams. And now that the lodging business is booming, some experts predict, tax bills will rise, too—and not always justly.“Assessors just make mistakes, and they don't recognize that some of the hotels, Continue Reading
Lawyers Weigh In on High Court’s Software Patent Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that computerized abstract ideas are not patent eligible. Here, attorneys tell Law360 why the decision in Alice Corp. Pty Ltd. v. CLS Bank International is significant. Continue Reading