Vote.org, a nonprofit voter registration organization, is suing its founder and former CEO over what the group claims is an alleged smear campaign she’s led against the organization since she was fired in 2019. The organization filed a lawsuit Monday against Debra Cleaver in U.S. District Court in Continue Reading
Vote.org Sues Founder for ‘Coordinated Attacks’ Following Termination, Suit Says
Vote.org has filed a lawsuit against its founder and former CEO Debra Cleaver. Cleaver founded Vote.org as a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to increasing voter participation. In 2019, Vote.org's Board of Directors unanimously voted to terminate Cleaver after "a period of high turnover," and Continue Reading
McCarter & English Expands In Philly With Ex-Federal Atty
Lindsey Harteis has joined McCarter & English as a special counsel in the firm's Products Liability, Mass Torts and Consumer Class Actions practice group in Philadelphia. She joins McCarter after previously serving as an assistant US attorney for the district of New Jersey. "I have long Continue Reading
Judge Calls for Stronger Appellate Advocacy Focus in Law Schools
Sherilyn Pastor speaks with Law.com about the importance of appellate advocacy in legal education and how her own career in appellate litigation took shape. Pastor shares that it wasn’t until after graduation—while clerking for New Jersey’s Appellate Division—that she settled on being an appellate Continue Reading
Trump’s Latest Tariff EO Offers Some Relief, but No Certainty
McCarter & English partner Zack Hadzismajlovic spoke with Law360 about President Trump’s latest executive order, which establishes new procedures that purport to reduce tariff rates for countries that enter into trade agreements with the United States. Continue Reading
FAPA Disrupts Market as Petition Pends Before Supreme Court
Adam Swanson speaks with National Mortgage News to discuss the pending petition before the US Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of retroactively applying New York’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA)–a law that is causing great disruption to the New York mortgage and Continue Reading
Trump to Seek SCOTUS Review of Appeals Court’s Tariff Ruling
McCarter & English partner Zack Hadzismajlovic spoke with Tax Notes about President Trump’s plan to challenge the Federal Circuit’s decision that IEEPA-based tariffs are unlawful. Continue Reading
How the Unraveling of Two Pentagon Projects May Result in a Costly Do-over
The U.S. Navy and Air Force are poised to cancel two nearly complete software projects that took 12 years and well over $800 million combined to develop, work initially aimed at overhauling antiquated human resources systems, so that other firms can have a chance to win similar projects. Commenting Continue Reading
WOW’s $1.5 Billion Deal Could Change Cable M&A
David Manno speaks with Channel Futures to discuss WideOpenWest’s (WOW) plans to go private in a $1.5 billion transaction, signaling that other cable providers may also be looking to engage in M&A opportunities. Manno said, "they had an opportunity to give the existing shareholders a premium to Continue Reading
Cyberattacks on US Courts System Affect High-Stakes Litigators, White-Collar Criminal Clients
With the recent hacking of the US courts’ electronic filing system, a number of courthouses across the country are implementing new filing restrictions to mitigate the risks and impacts of the attacks. McCarter & English partner Scott Christie spoke with The National Law Journal and said Continue Reading