The Newark Regional Business Partnership’s annual real estate forecast seminar featured panelist Frank Ferruggia, a property tax attorney and partner at McCarter & English. He said, "In particular, the city’s willingness to grant so-called PILOTS, or payments in lieu of taxes, has to continue to Continue Reading
Defense Attys Pull Back Curtain On $80M Trade Secrets Win
The evidence may have seemed damning at first. But counsel defending fragrance maker Mane USA Inc. and a former executive against an $80 million trade secrets claim figured out how to use it to their advantage, overcoming Givaudan Fragrances Corp. in one of the biggest cases of its kind in New Continue Reading
Healthy Amtrak Hungry for More Funding
Tony Coscia knows just how important a healthy Amtrak system is to New Jersey's economy — and so does just about everyone else who's paying attention these days. Paying for investments in the system is another matter altogether. "It would be great if everyone agreed that we should put Continue Reading
How and Why Your Team Is Everything (And Other Essentials for Startup Success…)
The best attorneys aren’t just legal experts who tell you what you can or cannot do according to the laws at hand; often, they're also strategic, analytical business advisors with a valuable perspective that extends beyond the ever-important “legal.” For this piece in its Startups series, JD Continue Reading
Record Shattering Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Slowdown: What’s Next?
Corporate bankruptcy activity has declined to an unprecedented and record-breaking low-despite pundit predictions. Jeff Testa, partner at McCarter & English said, "We were expecting a lot of action on the restructuring and Insolvency front, but what we got were fewer Chapter 11 filings, Continue Reading
Federal Jury Rules Former Givaudan Employee Did Not Steal Trade Secrets
Q&A: Hartford Lawyers Decode CT’s Business Litigation Landscape
Q&A talks about business litigation in Connecticut with McCarter & English LLP business and financial services litigation group partners Thomas J. Finn and Paula Cruz Cedillo. Q: You've co-authored a new book entitled Connecticut Business Litigation. What's the primary purpose behind the Continue Reading
Fund Raises $350K to aid needy adults and children
The Greater Newark Holiday Fund raised more than $350,000 during its 2013 campaign. Frank Ferruggia, president of the Greater Newark Holiday Fund and partner at McCarter & English said, "While the economy has improved, the poor and underprivileged still struggle to meet ends meet during this Continue Reading
Bogus Court-Appearance Notices Can Email Viruses, Lawyers Told
Courts around the country are circulating warnings about virus-bearing emails that purport to be notices of court hearings. Scott Christie, a former assistant U.S. attorney who headed the District of New Jersey office's Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Section(and currently partner at Continue Reading
New Leadership, but the Same Mission, For Holiday Fund
As the 2013 Greater Newark Holiday Fund nears its end, the agency has announced changes in its leadership. However, Frank Ferruggia a partner at McCarter & English will continue to serve as a board member of the holiday fund. He has been elected Chairman of the Newark Regional Business Continue Reading