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On June 24, the Delaware Supreme Court, sitting en banc, reversed a lower court ruling that levied nearly $7.3 million in damages against online retailer Overstock.com for concealing abandoned gift card balances from Delaware’s revenue agency. In a 17-page ruling, the First State's high court Continue Reading

Firm Now Serves Two of Connecticut’s County Bar Associations,as Attorney Joseph Cherico is Current President of Fairfield County Bar Association McCarter & English attorney Thomas J. Rechen accepted the gavel as President of the Hartford County Bar Association, effective May 4, 2020. Rechen, Continue Reading

The New Jersey Law Journal reported on the tremendous win for McCarter client, Wakefern Food Corp. in relation to the decision of the New Jersey Appellate Division affirming the $12 million judgment entered in favor of Wakefern and its members trading under the ShopRite® logo from losses incurred Continue Reading

COVID-19 shutdowns and delays are derailing lucrative deals in what was New Jersey’s promising real estate sphere before containment efforts shifted into high gear amid the rising death toll. Project financing is also on shaky ground, given economists’ predictions that the pandemic could send the Continue Reading

McCarter & English, LLP is pleased to announce that effective immediately Thomas “Tom” Finn has been elected as the newest member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Cynthia Keliher has been reelected to the committee. “Tom and Cynthia are among our most accomplished lawyers and leaders, Continue Reading

A multidisciplinary team of McCarter lawyers advised Chondrial Therapeutics, Inc., on its definitive merger agreement with Zafgen, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZFGN) under which Chondrial will acquire Zafgen in a reverse merger wherein the stockholders of Chondrial will become the majority owners of Zafgen’s Continue Reading

McCarter & English is solidifying its move into lobbying practice, opening a small office near the state capitol. The satellite, at 162 West State St., provides a base of operations for the firm’s government affairs practice, according to the attorney who leads it, Guillermo Artiles. “The Continue Reading

McCarter & English has opened an office in Trenton to support its government affairs practice. Guillermo Artiles, who runs McCarter’s government affairs practice, manages the office. He is a former member of Gov. Phil Murphy’s legal team. He is joined by former federal prosecutor and McCarter Continue Reading

Law360 reports on McCarter and co-counsel’s success in defeating a bid for a new trial by the survivors of a mesothelioma patient who claimed his disease was caused by our client’s talcum powder. Continue Reading

Ken Meyer, editor of the International Association of Defense Counsel’s Defense Counsel Journal, shares some history about the publication, highlights from the latest DCJ edition, and how writers can get involved during the journal’s 85th anniversary. Continue Reading