McCarter & English has been named a 2024 finalist for “Litigation Department of the Year” by the New Jersey Law Journal. The award recognizes litigation groups that have excelled over the past year in handling cases that lead to impactful court decisions, changes in the law, and achieved the Continue Reading
McCarter & English Named 2024 Law Firm of the Year Finalist by the New Jersey Law Journal
McCarter has been named one of four finalists for “Law Firm of the Year” by the New Jersey Law Journal. The award recognizes the NJ firm that has demonstrated a broad spectrum of achievements in the past year and display a range of talent depth. The firm also received numerous other recognitions Continue Reading
McCarter & English Named Cannabis Law Practice of the Year Finalist by New Jersey Law Journal
McCarter’s Cannabis practice has been selected as one of six finalists for “Cannabis Law Practice of the Year” by the New Jersey Law Journal for 2024. The awards highlight practices that have had an outsized impact on cannabis law over the past year. The Cannabis practice group works with Continue Reading
New Jersey Law Journal Names Ryan Richman 2024 New Leader of the Bar Winner
McCarter & English partner Ryan Richman has been named to the New Jersey Law Journal’s “2024 New Leaders of the Bar,” a list of lawyers “who bring both notable achievements and outstanding potential” to the legal community in New Jersey. No aspect of this or any advertisement has been Continue Reading
Justice Jaynee LaVecchia (ret.) Receives New Jersey Law Journal’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
The New Jersey Law Journal has named McCarter & English partner and former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Jaynee LaVecchia (ret.) winner of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. Justice LaVecchia, the longest-serving female justice in New Jersey history, receives this award for having “left a Continue Reading
Teamsters Eye Game-Changing Win at Amazon ‘Crown Jewel’
Hugh Murray, Chair of McCarter’s Labor & Employment practice group, spoke with Law360 about a recent vote by workers at Amazon’s KCVG Air Hub, an air cargo facility in Kentucky, to bring in the Teamsters to continue their efforts to organize KCVG’s 4,000 workers. He said that the stakes are high Continue Reading
Who’s Liable for Tech Glitches That Upend a Company’s Operations?
The recent CrowdStrike outage, which impacted millions of Windows-based devices, has reignited a crucial debate: Who should bear the cost when a vendor’s tech glitch disrupts your business? Steven Weisman, partner in our Insurance Recovery, Litigation & Counseling group, recently shared his Continue Reading
First the Karen Read Trial, Now the Sandra Birchmore Case Adds Scrutiny to DA, Medical Examiner
Federal prosecutors have charged a former police detective with the death of 23-year old pregnant woman months after the medical examiner’s office ruled she died by suicide. The indictment raises questions over whether the FBI had evidence that prosecutors did not use or consider. McCarter partner Continue Reading
Nicholas Keller Elected Chair of Membership and Estate Planners’ Day by the Bergen County Estate Planning Council
Nicholas Keller has been elected Chair of Membership and Estate Planners’ Day for the 2024-2025 term by the Bergen County Estate Planning Council (BCEPC). BCEPC is an interdisciplinary organization that promotes a team approach to estate and wealth planning through study, research, idea exchange, Continue Reading
Law360 Names McCarter a ‘Ceiling Smasher‘ for Representation of Women in Equity Partnership
McCarter is named by Law360 as a ‘Ceiling Smasher,’ for the second year in a row recognizing the firm as one of the top 10 in its category (251-600 lawyers) with the highest representation of women in its equity partnership. According to Law360 Pulse’s 2024 Women in Law Report, approximately 41% of Continue Reading