Trusts, Estates & Private clients partner Tim Ferges was elected to be a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. This distinguished honor is limited to one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. The Fellows comprise a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law Continue Reading
Justice Department Steps Up Jan. 6 Probe of Those in Trump’s Orbit
The Justice Department is adding prosecutors and resources to its investigation into the actions of former President Donald Trump’s allies to overturn the 2020 election just as the related congressional hearings are heating up. Robert Mintz, chair of McCarter’s White Collar Defense and Government Continue Reading
“Known” Creditors Can Pursue Untimely Claims in Any Venue
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware declared last Thursday that creditors known to debtors prior to filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy that did not receive actual notice of the bankruptcy cases may pursue claims in the venue of their choice. In re Rental Car Intermediate Holdings, Continue Reading
ACTL/NJICLE Trial Advocacy Institute
David Kott served as a faculty member for NJICLE’s “Trial Advocacy Institute,” a two-day intensive institute that combined a series of lectures and demonstrations to sharpen skills in key aspects of civil trial practice. The faculty members were Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers and Continue Reading
California Truckers Struggle to Comply with New Employment Law
Trucking companies and truck owner-operators are scrambling to figure out how to operate under new California law AB5 that toughens definitions of nonemployee drivers, upending decades-long practices that have allowed truckers to work as independent contractors. Ron Leibman comments on the issue in Continue Reading
As Bellwether Trials Resume, Mass Tort Lawsuits Soar Due to Litigation Funding
McCarter Partner Natalie Mantell spoke with the New Jersey Law Journal about the increase in mass tort cases currently making their way through New Jersey courts. “I think the mass tort world is as busy as ever. There are cases being set for trial,” said Natalie. “Perhaps at the beginning of the Continue Reading
Jan. 6 Committee Sends a Warning Shot to Trump Over Witness Tampering
The January 6 Committee recently announced that Former President Trump attempted to contact a witness in the panel’s investigation. Robert Mintz, chair of McCarter’s White Collar Defense and Government Investigations group and a former federal prosecutor, spoke to The Boston Globe about the Continue Reading
Justice Barry Albin — ‘the common sense jurist’ — steps down from N.J. Supreme Court
New Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice Barry T. Albin recently ended a 20-year run on the state’s highest court just a day ahead of his 70th birthday, the mandatory retirement age for state judges and Justices in New Jersey. In an article published by NJ.com, McCarter Partner, Justice Jaynee Continue Reading
NJ Assembly OKs Retroactively Ending Tax Audit Extensions
Michael Guariglia is quoted in a Law360 article discussing the proposed end of New Jersey’s pandemic-related suspension of its statute of limitations for tax audits under a bill approved by the state Assembly. Under A.B. 4295, passed by the Assembly 78-0, New Jersey would lift the statute of Continue Reading
Delaware State Auditor Acquitted of Felony Charges
McCarter achieved a partial victory for Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness when a Delaware jury acquitted her of two felony charges, theft and act of intimidation, following a three-week trial. After two days of deliberation, the jury found that McGuiness had not profited from her daughter’s Continue Reading