A new bill seeking to regulate New Jersey crypto companies working with digital assets and financial services is a big improvement over last year’s version, industry insiders said this week. New Jersey Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez’s interest in Bitcoin began with complaints from elderly Continue Reading
Coronavirus Raises Insurance Questions but Catastrophe-Tested Insurers Are Prepared
Insurance Recovery, Litigation & Counseling chair Sheri Pastor and her colleague Jennifer Strutt are quoted in an Insurance Journal report discussing the coronavirus’ impact on the insurance industry and the many questions a global pandemic raises for policyholders in relation to multiple Continue Reading
Judge Grants Amazon Motion for Pause in Microsoft’s Pentagon Contract Work
A U.S. judge on Thursday granted Amazon.com Inc’s request to temporarily halt the U.S. Department of Defense and Microsoft Corp from moving forward on an up-to-$10 billion cloud computing deal that Amazon says reflected undue influence by President Donald Trump. Alexander Major, a partner at Continue Reading
Amazon Seeks to Depose Trump, Esper in JEDI Bid Protest
Amazon Web Services is seeking to depose President Trump and Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper in a high-stakes protest over the Pentagon’s handling of a $10 billion cloud computing contract, court records show. The motion filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims significantly raises the Continue Reading
CMMC Audit Process Remains a Mystery in DOD Cybersecurity Plan
The Pentagon's new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements are raising concerns about how defense contractors will implement those standards when details are missing on how contractors can get audited and certified. Through various drafts of the plan, the department slashed Continue Reading
Amazon Could Face Antitrust Suit in 2020, but Asset Breakup Unlikely
While Amazon.com Inc. and other U.S. technology companies face potential enforcement action from regulators in 2020, antitrust experts say history suggests that rule changes are more likely than a big tech breakup. Amazon could adapt to new regulations, but an order to separate business segments Continue Reading
Judge Blocks California Gig Economy Law Enforcement on Truckers
A federal judge halted California’s attempt to regulate trucking companies’ use of independent drivers under the state’s new “gig economy” law, extending a temporary bar on enforcement of the measure while an industry challenge plays out in court. “This is a major win for the trucking industry,” Continue Reading
All Eyes on Fed. Court after Trucking Cos.’ Classification Win
A state court judge's ruling that a new California law making it tougher to classify workers as contractors doesn't cover motor carriers bodes well for the trucking industry's push to secure a preliminary injunction at a closely watched federal court hearing next week. "I don't think a single Continue Reading
Will Lawsuit over Old Jacksonville Landfill Site Still Mention Landfill?
Ira Gonzalez is quoted in this article about a lawsuit brought by homeowners in Jacksonville’s Fairway Oaks against Habitat for Humanity's local affiliate HabiJax. Continue Reading
5 Top Labor and Employment Laws & Regs from 2019
McCarter partner Hugh Murray and other thought leaders discuss with Law360 the laws and regulations that made waves in 2019. For example, the National Labor Relations Board issued a rule scaling back an Obama-era regulation that had been intended to streamline the process for workers to vote on Continue Reading