Trying to adhere to a state environmental law is apparently the main reason the town has yet to officially sell the former Lambert Kay pet supply factory. Town Manager Robert Geiger told the selectmen last week that the Connecticut Transfer Act involves a "rather complex process to follow." Continue Reading
Winter Is Here for Employers: 5 Ways to Cope
With much of America starting 2018 in the grip of record cold and blizzard conditions, employers should be taking care to avoid missteps that can cause legal trouble, like not properly paying workers on snow days or failing to maintain safe environments. Pamela Moore, a partner in McCarter & Continue Reading
Gov’t Contracts Policy to Watch in 2018
Between regulatory streamlining and a “Buy American” focus from the administration perhaps finally coming to fruition, to newly sharpened focuses on national security issues and improving federal information technology, federal contractors have a broad range of policy issues to look out for in Continue Reading
New Jersey Regulation and Legislation to Watch in 2018
An income tax increase for millionaires, a minimum-wage hike and an effort to legalize recreational marijuana will likely be atop New Jersey officials' agenda in 2018 as Democrat Phil Murphy shakes up the state's political scene with his ascension to the governor's office in mid-January. Craig M. Continue Reading
5 PE Trends to Watch out for in 2018
Private equity dealmaking and fundraising levels remained healthy in 2017, and there are a number of trends set to continue into the new year, such as the recent rise of megafunds and a blurring of the lines between PE and venture capital as fund managers increasingly seek to land promising Continue Reading
5 New Year’s Resolutions for M&A Partners
As we welcome the new year, most people take the time to reevaluate their eating habits and find ways to better themselves, but for M&A partners it can be a good time to reflect on the past year and formulate a game plan for the next 12 months. McCarter & English LLP partner Howard Continue Reading
M&A Regulation to Watch in 2018
With promises from the current administration to roll back a trove of Obama-era regulations, eviscerate current banking rules and crack down on foreign investments in the United States, the regulatory landscape for deal-makers is in a near-constant state of upheaval. Howard Berkower of McCarter Continue Reading
How Attorneys Can Land Big-Ticket Deals in 2018
For some attorneys, billion-dollar deals are the stuff of dreams. Lawyers looking to turn those dreams into reality, however, can take important steps to make sure it's their phone ringing next time companies come calling. A key to landing a spot on high-profile deals is standing out in the Continue Reading
Key New Jersey Cases to Watch in 2018
McCarter partners Edward Fanning and David Kott represent amici curiae the Health Care Institute of New Jersey, the New Jersey Business and Industry Association and the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce with respect to In re: Accutane, which is currently before the New Jersey Supreme Court. Continue Reading
Top Gov’t Contracts Policy Developments of 2017
2017 introduced several major policy changes that will affect federal contractors’ operations for years to come, from the implementation of a stringent new defense cybersecurity rule and the repeal of a deeply unpopular rule on labor violations to provisions of a sprawling Pentagon budget bill that Continue Reading