Sheri Pastor 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 faculty, and legal scholars whose public and Continue Reading
Former Federal District Court Chief Judge Jose L. Linares to Join McCarter & English
With more than four decades of experience as judge and trial lawyer, Judge Linares will lead firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution practice NEWARK, May 17, 2019—McCarter & English, LLP today announced that the Honorable Jose L. Linares, former Chief Judge of the United States District Court Continue Reading
Sheri Pastor Named President Elect of The American College of Coverage Counsel
Sheri Pastor was named President Elect of the prestigious American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC). The ACCC is the preeminent association of lawyers who represent the interests of insurers and policyholders. The ACCC’s mission is to advance the creative, ethical and efficient resolution of Continue Reading
Slights Criticizes State’s Tactics in Delaware Unclaimed Property Lawsuit
Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights of the Delaware Chancery Court recently criticized the state’s tactics in trying to force Univar to comply with an unclaimed-property audit, saying it was trying to have the constitutionality of the state’s escheat laws litigated in two courts at the same Continue Reading
Hotel Seeks Evidence in Morocco to Enforce $60M Award
The owner of a luxury Casablanca hotel is asking a Delaware federal court to allow it to pursue evidence in Morocco as it looks to enforce a $60 million International Chamber of Commerce arbitral award against the alleged alter ego of its former hotel management company, which the arbitral panel Continue Reading
McCarter Team Mentioned in Summary Judgment Win for Multi-National Pharmaceutical Company
Delaware Law Weekly reported on the success of securing summary judgment after the court held that the plaintiff could not establish proximate causation as a matter of law nor could the plaintiff overcome the learned intermediary doctrine. The court also confirmed that Delaware law does not Continue Reading
Car Equipment Co. Flips Ruling Capping Asbestos Coverage
A three-judge panel of the Illinois Appellate Court’s First District reversed a trial court’s decision and ruled that thousands of asbestos personal injury actions against Hennessy Industries Inc. constitute multiple “occurrences” under the terms of its liability insurance policies, paving the way Continue Reading
“Litigator of the Week” Nomination
McCarter Chairman Mike Kelly has been nominated for “Litigator of the Week” by AmLaw’s Litigation Daily. Mike was nominated after having a banner week prevailing before the Delaware Supreme Court in Verition v. Aruba Networks, a highly anticipated case regarding appraisal actions where Continue Reading
Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies Prior Landmark Appraisal Rulings In Setting Aruba’s Fair Value Well Below Deal Price
A highly anticipated ruling issued April 16, 2019, clarifies the Delaware Supreme Court’s prior landmark appraisal rulings in DFC Global and Dell, affirming that deal price should be one of the strongest indicators of fair value in an appraisal evaluation under certain circumstances. Continue Reading
Five McCarter Attorneys Promoted to Partnership
Five McCarter attorneys, resident in four of the firm’s offices and four of its practice groups, have been elevated to partnership. The new partners, effective April 1, 2019, are Philip Amoa, a Philadelphia- and Delaware-based corporate attorney; Kevin Conoscenti, a Washington, DC-based Continue Reading