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A Los Angeles federal court recently ruled that Taylor Swift must face claims that her hit “Shake It Off” infringed the copyright in a 2001 song, demonstrating how hard it can be to quickly resolve copyright complaints. The lyrics in question are, “’Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, Continue Reading

Cocrystal Pharma Inc. will implement a series of corporate reforms to settle three derivative suits brought by shareholders over an alleged $27 million pump-and-dump scheme that drove down the value of the company's stock, according to a motion Friday in New Jersey federal court seeking preliminary Continue Reading

ESTATENVY spoke to top estate-planning and tax attorneys regarding trends they are seeing in the pandemic and how they are advising their clients during an election year. Location is playing a factor in real estate acquisition as well, according to Estate Planning Partner at McCarter & Continue Reading

McCarter partner and Hartford Office Managing Partner Moy Ogilvie commented on her experiences as a Black attorney and about the McCarter & English Social Justice Project--which has a goal to dismantle structural racism and combat racial inequities nationally--and about her optimism for the Continue Reading

As COVID-19 spread from China to Europe to the U.S. and elsewhere, supply chains that for decades had operated successfully on “lean logistics” – which prized low-cost efficiency – suddenly seized up as parts made in Europe, for instance, couldn’t get to China for final assembly before being shipped Continue Reading

A new federal advisory highlights significant legal gaps around the use of anti-drone technology, making the use of jammers to prevent terrorism or nets to stop corporate espionage a risky proposition. Although the new advisory — the first comprehensive compendium of federal laws related to Continue Reading

U.S. lawmakers are likely to introduce legislation to restrain the market power of Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google LLC unit as early as September but whether a bill would pass by the end of 2020 is unclear, experts say. Franklin Turner, an attorney with Continue Reading

U.S. lawmakers are likely to introduce legislation to restrain the market power of Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google LLC unit as early as September but whether a bill would pass by the end of 2020 is unclear, experts say. Franklin Turner, an attorney with Continue Reading

Uncertainty abounds in financial markets globally during the coronavirus pandemic, but New Jersey’s government bond market has been steady so far this year, according to data for the first half of the year. Jacqueline Shanes, a public finance partner at McCarter & English in Newark, which Continue Reading

As COVID-19 continues to dominate news headlines, American cities and international businesses are showing their true colors. From innovation in recovery to redrawing the predictions model businesses have adhered to for years, the health and economic crisis has done much more than disrupt the supply Continue Reading