Avery Brings Valuable Mix of Public Service and Private Practice to Litigation Team Hartford, CONN — Feb. 3, 2025— Vanessa Roberts Avery, the former United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has returned to McCarter & English joining the firm’s Business Litigation and Government Continue Reading
McCarter Trademark Lawyers Named to the 2025 Edition of WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
Ten partners in McCarter’s Intellectual Property practice have been named by World Trademark Review to the 2025 edition of WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, the prestigious research directory that acknowledges the world’s leading trademark practices and professionals. For more Continue Reading
Onome Adejemilua Elected President-Elect of EWNJ Board
Onome Adejemilua was elected as President-Elect of the Executive Women of New Jersey (EWNJ) Board. The organization is made up of a community of senior executive leaders who share a commitment to advancing corporate gender diversity and inclusion. Continue Reading
Onome Adejemilua Recognized as a Woman in Power on InsiderNJ’s Annual List
InsiderNJ recognizes Onome Adejemilua as an honoree on their annual list of Powerful Women of NJ. This list recognizes remarkable women, serving in government, as corporate executives, non-profit leaders, and community champions. They are trailblazers with an unwavering commitment to improving our Continue Reading
McCarter Named a Top Three Firm For Most Tax Partner Hires in the US Last Year
Tim Ferges spoke with International Tax Review (ITR) to discuss 2024 hiring trends in the tax practice. Based on the Talent Tracker, McCarter topped the charts with seven new partner hires. Tim shares, with ITR, McCarter’s “nationally recognized reputation” in sophisticated tax, employee benefits, Continue Reading
CT Moves Closer to Replacing Its Unpopular Transfer Act
Jane Warren discusses with the Hartford Business Journal the Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) issuance of its final version of new “release-based” cleanup regulations to replace the roughly 40-year-old Transfer Act. The regulations were drafted with an eye Continue Reading
The National Black Lawyers Names Kendeil Dorvilier a Top 40 Under 40 Lawyer in Delaware
Kendeil Dorvilier has been named one of the Top 40 Under 40 Black Lawyers in Delaware by The National Black Lawyers, an invitation-only professional development and networking association comprised of the top African American attorneys across the country. This recognition is reserved for the top Continue Reading
Starbucks Labor Talks Stall
Hugh Murray, Chair of McCarter’s Labor & Employment practice group, spoke with Law360 about the halted contract negotiations between Starbucks and Workers United following an announced deal early last year. Hugh said that while the union has sought to build urgency in the negotiations by Continue Reading
New Proposal for Controlled Information Not Entirely Realistic
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Counsel has published a Proposed Rule to implement a government wide definition and set of protections for controlled unclassified information (CUI). Alex Major, Co-Chair of McCarter’s Government Contracts & Global Trade Practice, spoke with Law360 and said Continue Reading
In Election Year, Mayor’s To-Do List May Be Bigger Test than the Ballot
McCarter & English Government Affairs Advisor Vincent Mauro spoke to Yale Daily News about New Haven, Connecticut Mayor Justin Elicker seeking a fourth two-year term. Vin, the Democratic Town Committee Chair, said the mayor has managed the city with “a steady hand” and no frills, an approach he Continue Reading