NEWARK, September 21, 2022 - The New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) bestowed its 2022 Medal of Honor, its most prestigious award, on retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Jaynee LaVecchia (ret.), now a partner with McCarter & English, at a ceremony on Sept. 20. Justice LaVecchia stands Continue Reading
Starbucks Brews Trouble With Nonunion Benefits Boosts
Starbucks recently announced that in addition to the raises and benefits boosts it rolled out over the summer, the company would soon offer workers at nonunionized locations company-credited savings accounts and access to other financial resources. The National Labor Relations Board must now Continue Reading
Challenging Unemployment Compensation Benefits: When Is It Worth It?
Pamela Moore is quoted in this article about challenging unemployment compensation benefits in SHRM. Continue Reading
Joann Lytle Recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal for 2022 Best of the Bar
The Philadelphia Business Journal names Joann Lytle among the region’s most impactful lawyers for her pro bono work in animal cruelty cases. The 2022 class consists of 37 lawyers across 10 categories, including Pro Bono. Lawyers across the Greater Philadelphia area were evaluated by an Continue Reading
McCarter in Top Three for Patents Filed by Massachusetts IP Law Firms in BBJ Survey
In a Boston Business Journal annual survey, McCarter is number nine out of the 25 largest IP law firms in Massachusetts. The third highest for the number of patents filed and obtained in 2021, the McCarter IP team in Massachusetts filed more than 3,500 patents and obtained approximately 2,000 Continue Reading
Feds’ Vax Mandate Loss Imperils Other Procurement Policies
Hugh Murray speaks with Law360 on the Eleventh Circuit’s decision to uphold a Georgia federal court’s block on the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. Continue Reading
Attention Federal Contractors and First-Tier Subcontractors: Your EEO-1 Reports May Be Responsive to an OFCCP FOIA Request, and You Have Only until September 19, 2022, to Object.
Bankruptcy Court Approves Settlements in Zayat Cases
According to online court records, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for New Jersey approved motions Aug. 23 for settlement and compromise of claims filed by trustees in the bankruptcy cases of Ahmed Zayat and Zayat Stables, ending disputes in major portions of the cases. A similar notice was filed Continue Reading
Justice Jaynee LaVecchia, Renowned New Jersey Jurist, to receive NJSBF 2022 Medal of Honor
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation will bestow the 2022 Medal of Honor, the Foundation’s most prestigious award, to retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Jaynee LaVecchia (ret.). In an interview with the New Jersey Law Journal, the Justice discusses her life, career and receiving the Medal of Continue Reading
The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 152 McCarter Attorneys in 2023 Referral Guide; Names Four “Lawyer of the Year”
We are proud to announce that 152 of our attorneys have been named to the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America; 37 have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years and four for more than 25 years. Four McCarter attorneys have also been named “Lawyer of the Year” in their field and Continue Reading