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
A Potential Legal Bombshell in the Jan 6 Hearing You Might Have Missed
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 possibility of witness intimidation in the January 6 hearings. Continue Reading
Develop Good Working Relationship with Counsel for Best Results
Risk managers often work closely with either in-house counsel or outside attorneys representing the hospital or health system in a range of legal matters, but those interactions can go awry without a good working relationship. Establishing boundaries and proper expectations can go a long way toward Continue Reading
IAM Patent 1000 Recognizes McCarter for Excellence in Patent Law
Nine McCarter & English partners and intellectual property services in 3 states have been recognized by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM1000). The IAM Patent 1000 is a directory dedicated to identifying the leading patent professionals and firms in the world’s key jurisdictions. The results Continue Reading