During the pandemic, many fashion companies and apparel retailers have spent time in bankruptcy court, generally working out concessions with landlords and lenders. But beyond those existential legal concerns, which many in the industry will continue to face as the pandemic extends into the new Continue Reading
New Jersey Regulation and Legislation to Watch in 2021
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is entering 2021 with an eye on winning a second term while his administration imposes restrictions on businesses due to the coronavirus outbreak and crafts regulations for selling adult-use recreational marijuana and implementing an environmental justice law, even as Continue Reading
Government Contracts Policies to Watch in 2021
The upcoming transition in the White House will likely bring about a significant shift in federal procurement policy in 2021, and a task force fighting collusion among contractors is expected to launch its first enforcement actions this year. There are four policies that are expected to change Continue Reading
With No Federal COVID-19 Liability Shields, States Go It Alone
The $900 billion stimulus relief bill that Congress approved Sunday did not include a COVID-19 liability shield. Republicans pushed for it, Democrats opposed it, and the issue is likely dead. Litigation risks for many employers, however, may not be that great. Proving that an infection originated Continue Reading
How the COVID-19 Vaccine Will Get to You, with Help from ‘Cold Chain’ Technology
On Sunday, December 13, temperature-controlled semi-trailer trucks operated by Boyle Transportation, a UPS partner, hauled the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses exiting the pharmaceutical giant’s Portage, Michigan-based manufacturing plant. It was the initial leg of one of the most monumental Continue Reading
Top Five Government Contracting Policies of 2020: Year in Review
This year has seen several big and contentious policy changes affecting government contractors, including the rollout of the Pentagon's sweeping new cybersecurity rule and restrictions on anti-bias training affecting contractors' workforces. Commenting on the anti-bias training, Franklin Turner, Continue Reading
Top Five Government Contracts Cases of 2020: Year in Review
Law360 breaks down the decisions from US courts and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 2020 that impacted federal contractors, addressing issues like the impacts of COVID-19 and how personal relationships between contractors and federal employees can sink a deal. McCarter partner Continue Reading
US Government May Find It Hard to Get More Doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine
With Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine poised for Food and Drug Administration authorization for emergency use, there's speculation about when the United States will buy another batch of doses — and whether the Trump administration already missed its chance. Although a Pfizer board member says the Continue Reading
Kean Campaign Not Opposing Malinowski Suit Over Naked Ballots
New Jersey State Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean’s congressional campaign did not oppose Rep. Tom Malinowski’s suit seeking a list of rejected ballots from five counties in the state’s seventh Congressional district, but the Kean campaign requested that the Court give them any information that the Continue Reading
Trump’s Controversial Diversity Order Expected to See Swift Reversal Under Biden
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to swiftly reverse an executive order signed by President Trump earlier this year that takes aim at diversity training for government workers by prohibiting the teaching of “divisive concepts.” Franklin Turner, a government contracting lawyer and partner at Continue Reading