Vanessa Roberts Avery rejoined McCarter & English as a partner in the firm’s business litigation and government investigations and white collar defense teams. Her practice focuses on complex civil litigation, government investigations, and white collar defense matters. Vanessa will aid Continue Reading
Former US Attorney for CT Lands at McCarter & English
Former US Attorney for Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery has returned to McCarter & English’s Hartford office, where she will focus on complex civil litigation, government investigations, and white-collar defense matters. With experience in both the public and private sectors, Vanessa most Continue Reading
Trump’s Decision to Target DEI Efforts by Federal Contractors Opens Up a New Realm of Corporate Risk and a Legion of ‘Potential Enforcers’
Franklin Turner, Co-Chair of McCarter’s Government Contracts & Global Trade Practice Group, spoke with Fortune about how Trump’s new DEI orders targeting federal contractors can potentially transform corporate America by increasing legal risk and adding another level of regulation to the Continue Reading
McCarter Named a Top Three Firm For Most Tax Partner Hires in the US Last Year
Tim Ferges spoke with International Tax Review (ITR) to discuss 2024 hiring trends in the tax practice. Based on the Talent Tracker, McCarter topped the charts with seven new partner hires. Tim shares, with ITR, McCarter’s “nationally recognized reputation” in sophisticated tax, employee benefits, Continue Reading
CT Moves Closer to Replacing Its Unpopular Transfer Act
Jane Warren discusses with the Hartford Business Journal the Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) issuance of its final version of new “release-based” cleanup regulations to replace the roughly 40-year-old Transfer Act. The regulations were drafted with an eye Continue Reading
Starbucks Labor Talks Stall
Hugh Murray, Chair of McCarter’s Labor & Employment practice group, spoke with Law360 about the halted contract negotiations between Starbucks and Workers United following an announced deal early last year. Hugh said that while the union has sought to build urgency in the negotiations by Continue Reading
New Proposal for Controlled Information Not Entirely Realistic
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Counsel has published a Proposed Rule to implement a government wide definition and set of protections for controlled unclassified information (CUI). Alex Major, Co-Chair of McCarter’s Government Contracts & Global Trade Practice, spoke with Law360 and said Continue Reading
In Election Year, Mayor’s To-Do List May Be Bigger Test than the Ballot
McCarter & English Government Affairs Advisor Vincent Mauro spoke to Yale Daily News about New Haven, Connecticut Mayor Justin Elicker seeking a fourth two-year term. Vin, the Democratic Town Committee Chair, said the mayor has managed the city with “a steady hand” and no frills, an approach he Continue Reading
‘Younger and Invigorated Bench’: Biden’s Legacy in New Jersey Federal Court
As President Biden’s term comes to an end, litigators with cases in New Jersey are weighing in on his significant impact on the sate’s federal court. McCarter & English partner Mark Makhail spoke with the New Jersey Law Journal about the judicial shortage at the start of Biden’s term and said, Continue Reading
Connecticut Moves Closer to Sunsetting the Much Maligned Transfer Act to Facilitate Property Remediation
Jane Warren discusses with Law360 the new Release-Based Cleanup Regulations that the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has finalized to facilitate environmental remediation of properties based on the discovery of releases, in lieu of the current transfer-based program. Continue Reading