Emily Gianquinto has been installed as President-elect of the Connecticut Bar Association for the 2024-2025 bar year, effective July 1. Emily previously served as vice president and has held other leadership roles within the bar association, including years of service on the Board of Governors, Continue Reading
Teamsters-Amazon Labor Union Merger Helps Both Parties
Hugh Murray, Chair of McCarter’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, discussed with Law360 the recent affiliation of the Amazon Labor Union members with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He said the merger is a sign that the unions are not shrinking away. ”It’s going to Continue Reading
Firing Spotlights Uptick in Polarizing Employment Issues
Hugh Murray talked to Law.com about a viral case of an Ohio television station’s firing of its community relations director over her controversial “straight pride” social media post as an illustration of the challenges employers face concerning hot button topics and employee’s use of social Continue Reading
Adam Swanson Elected Treasurer of the Fairfield Country Bar Association
Adam Swanson was elected as treasurer of the Fairfield Country Bar Association during its 2024 annual meeting. Adam was named to the association’s Board of Directors in 2020. The organization strives to uphold the best traditions of the legal profession and to promote justice. Continue Reading
Guillermo Artiles Joins the Board of New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Guillermo Artiles has been elected to the board of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). NJPAC is a nonprofit arts organization located in downtown Newark, and is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. Guillermo will serve on the board through June 2027. Continue Reading
’83 Wolfpack Suit May Throw NIL Peace For a Loop
A suit introduced by members of the 1983 North Carolina State University men’s basketball team has introduced "a new category of litigation" that the NCAA will have to address, comments Kate Buck in this Law360 article. The NCAA settled a case aimed at marshaling payments for the names, images and Continue Reading
Chambers USA Ranks McCarter’s Public Finance Practice in Massachusetts for 2024
Chambers and Partners USA recognizes the McCarter & English Public Finance Practice in its Band 2 – Massachusetts for 2024. Thomas Collins and Sarah Smith are also individually ranked. These rankings are based on in-depth interviews with clients and lawyers. Chambers considers many different Continue Reading
McCarter & English Adds Armstrong Teasdale Real Estate Attorney
In an interview with Law360, Rich Lyons discussed his decision to join McCarter & English. While he felt the firm embodied the “gold standard” for legal work in the Northeast, it was the culture that attracted him to the firm. “We spend so much time working it was important for me to work with Continue Reading
Lyons Joins McCarter as Partner; To Assist Real Estate, Cannabis Practice Groups
Richard Lyons has joined McCarter & English as a partner in its Real Estate and Cannabis practice groups. Speaking with ROI-NJ, he said “McCarter caught my attention for a variety of reasons — its reputation and strength in the Northeast; its focus on growth; its established, full-service teams Continue Reading
McCarter & English Adds Real Estate Partner Richard Lyons in NY and NJ Area
Additional experience in the cannabis space bolsters the firm’s premier cannabis practice McCarter & English today announced the addition of Richard G. Lyons as a partner in its Real Estate and Cannabis Practices working out of the firm’s New York City and Newark, N.J., offices. Lyons brings Continue Reading