N.J. Appeals Court Orders $175K Frivolous Litigation Sanction
A New Jersey appeals court has ordered the plaintiffs in a business dispute to pay a $175,000 sanction for fees racked up by lawyers in two states battling what was determined to be frivolous litigation. The fees are payable to Weingarten Brown, a Los Angeles firm recently acquired by Venable Continue Reading
Shareholders Fight Hemispherx’s Fee-Shifting In Del. Chancery
Attorneys for shareholders derivatively suing Hemispherx Biopharma Inc. over bonuses paid to the company’s board members asked a Delaware Chancery judge on Monday to invalidate the company’s newly enacted fee-shifting bylaw or remove them as counsel from the suit. The bylaw, which was adopted by Continue Reading
Independent director of the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Philip Amoa has been elected as an independent director of the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the corporate entity established to administer the church’s pension and benefits programs. With approximately $9 billion in assets under management, the Board of Pensions is Continue Reading
NJ High Court Embraces Broad ‘Common Interest’ Privilege
Edward Fanning mentioned in “NJ High Court Embraces Broad ‘Common Interest’ Privilege,” which appeared in Law360. Continue Reading
Cynthia Keliher Named a Woman of FIRE by Banker & Tradesman
Sheraton Commander Hotel16 Garden StreetCambridge, MA 02138 Cynthia Keliher has been named a Woman of FIRE by Banker & Tradesman, an annual award that recognizes the key female players in the local FIRE (Finance, Insurance and Real Estate) sector. The Woman of FIRE award, now in its fourth Continue Reading
Cynthia Keliher profiled in Banker and Tradesman after being named a “Woman of FIRE” by the magazine
Cynthia Keliher has been named a Woman of FIRE by Banker & Tradesman, an annual award that recognizes the key female players in the local Finance, Insurance and Real Estate sector. The Woman of FIRE award, now in its fourth year, celebrates the best and the brightest women in the industry. This Continue Reading
McCarter’s Mark Nikolsky and Simone Wilson-Brito named to New Jersey Law Journal’s 2014 “New Leaders of the Bar”
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