Lawyers looking to land big-ticket deals in 2017 should focus on furthering their education in all areas pertinent to their dealmaking practice, deepening relationships with existing clients and keeping their fingers on the pulse of the ever-shifting marketplace, experts say. This particular new Continue Reading
Honeywell Case Tests NJ Policyholders’ Asbestos Liability
New Jersey's high court recently agreed to review a decision that Honeywell International Inc. doesn't have to help cover costs tied to certain asbestos-related injury suits filed after insurers started excluding asbestos coverage, and experts say a ruling reversing the lower court could expand Continue Reading
Gov’t Contracts Policy Developments Of 2016: Year-In-Review
From contentious U.S. Department of Labor rules to a big change to the federal multiple award schedules, as well as the usual swath of acquisition tweaks in the annual defense policy bill, there have been a range of significant legislative and regulatory changes for federal contractors in Continue Reading
Trump on Boeing’s Air Force One Contract: ‘Cancel Order!’
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump urged the government on Tuesday to cancel an order with Boeing Co for a revamped Air Force One - one of the most prominent symbols of the U.S. presidency - saying costs were out of control. It was the latest example of Trump using his podium, often via brief Continue Reading
PTAB Upholding Eye Solution IP Shows Post-Grant Challenges
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board broke new ground when it upheld an eye solution patent challenged in post-grant review, a decision that highlights some of the challenges petitioners face in the little-used America Invents Act proceeding, particularly when relying on prior art that is not a printed Continue Reading
Windfall Recipients May Need Lawyers to Help Protect Them From Themselves
You could say Laura Kelly is in the big-money end of the legal profession. But for Kelly, a partner practicing wealth preservation and estate planning at McCarter & English in Newark, New Jersey, much of that money belongs to her often newly wealthy clients. Kelly advises lottery winners, Continue Reading
Why PE is the New Training for Commerce Secretaries
The selection of billionaire private equity investor Wilbur Ross to lead the U.S. Department of Commerce by President-elect Donald Trump marks the third consecutive commerce secretary to have ties to the private equity industry, and experts say the role is a natural fit for those with a private Continue Reading
Banking on Change: This Much is Certain — A New Administration Will Have New Priorities. But what will they be?
No one can talk about banking without offering speculation as to what the industry may look like under President-elect Donald Trump. Let Mike Horn, a former New Jersey banking commissioner who now represents community banks at McCarter & English, be the first to tell you: “There’s no doubt Continue Reading
Carrier Gets State Incentives, Trump Pledge for Keeping U.S. Jobs
United Technologies Corp's (UTX.N) Carrier unit said on Wednesday it got financial incentives from Indiana and a pledge from President-elect Donald Trump to improve the climate for business in the United States in exchange for keeping more than 1,000 jobs in the state rather than moving them Continue Reading
State-of-the-Industry Report: Key Trends, Issues and a Conversation with NJDEP Commissioner Bob Martin
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (NJDEP) Commissioner Bob Martin has been a driving force for change in how the NJDEP and the business community work together. “This year we are completing our second round of customer service training to build on the success of the first round,” Continue Reading