California’s Opt Me Out Act of 2025 requires all internet browsers, by January 1, 2027, to include a feature allowing users to signal websites not to sell or share their personal data. The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) will develop and enforce related regulations, extending Continue Reading
How Banks Can Fight Fraud with AI – Without Creating New Compliance Risks
As digital threats escalate, fraudsters are becoming increasingly creative, using artificial intelligence (AI) to launch more sophisticated attacks. At the same, AI can also be used as a defense against fraud. McCarter & English partner Erin Prest spoke with Lexology PRO about how banks can Continue Reading
SEC, Antitrust Regulators Ready to Resume Normal Operations After Funding Returns, Attorneys Say
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division will be able to return quickly to business as usual whenever government funding returns following the shutdown. McCarter partner and former DOJ antitrust Continue Reading
Antitrust Litigation, Premerger Filings Remain Busy Despite Government Shutdown
According to antitrust litigators, fears that a lengthy government shutdown could grind the civil docket to a halt or cause the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to demand more information from merging parties have not materialized. McCarter partner and former DOJ Continue Reading
McCarter & English Honored by Connecticut Veterans Legal Center
Following the firm's recognition as the 2025 Pro Bono Partnership Award winner by the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center (CVLC), Joseph Cherico and Jessica Bowman spoke with Law360 Pulse about how McCarter’s enduring partnership with the organization continues to make a meaningful difference for Continue Reading
Trump’s Media Tariffs Threaten to Call ‘Cut’ on Film Industry
McCarter & English partner Zack Hadzismajlovic spoke with Tax Notes about President Trump’s push to implement 100 percent media tariffs and whether there is any legal basis to do so. Zack said that the administration lacks authority to impose tariffs on foreign films and that other issues Continue Reading
McCarter & English Named Litigation Dept of the Year Finalist — Geoff Rosamond Q&A
McCarter & English was recently selected as a finalist for Litigation Department of the Year—General by the New Jersey Law Journal as part of the New Jersey Legal Awards. In a Q&A with the publication, Geoffrey Rosamond, Chair of the Business Litigation Practice, highlighted the department’s Continue Reading
EWNJ 2025 Diversity Report: Charting a Path for Women’s Leadership
Since 2013, the Executive Women of New Jersey (EWNJ) has conducted a bi-annual survey, the only one of its kind in the state, reflecting and reviewing the presence and impact of gender diversity in the nonprofit, public and private sectors. Onome Adejemilua, President-Elect of the EWNJ, spoke with Continue Reading
How New Federal Data Security Regulations Could Affect Hoosier Companies
New federal guidelines involving data transactions outside of the US could put companies of all sizes at risk. The Data Security Program, or DSP, under the National Security Division of the US Department of Justice, restricts certain bulk data transactions involving sensitive or personal user Continue Reading
Former First Assistant US Attorney Desiree Grace Returns to McCarter & English as Litigation Partner
McCarter & English has announced the return of Desiree “Desi” Grace as a partner in the firm’s Business Litigation and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense practice groups following a nine-year career with the Department of Justice. Desi’s career as a federal prosecutor Continue Reading