Fighting Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigations could become more time-consuming and expensive if the U.S. Supreme Court sides with the agency in an upcoming review of the level of deference appeals courts must give to lower courts' decisions on whether to enforce subpoenas the Continue Reading
New SINs Could Cause Trouble for Some Contractors
Four new special item numbers for cybersecurity services sound like great opportunities. But, Alex Major, a partner at the law firm McCarter & English, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin SINS could get some contractors in a lot of trouble. Continue Reading
Cos. May Lose Gov’t Contracts Over Personal Tax Debts
Pass-through businesses like S-corps and partnerships that are bidding for federal contracts will need to be extra cautious about ensuring individual executives and shareholders pay outstanding tax liabilities now that the federal government has finalized rules barring tax cheats and convicted Continue Reading
NJ Ruling May Widen Exposure To Excessive Jury Awards
A recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision that judges considering motions to modify jury awards should rely on the specific facts of a case as opposed to past verdicts leaves defendants vulnerable to arbitrarily determined, and possibly excessive, damage payouts, legal professionals say. In a Continue Reading
Multiple Jurisdictions Pose Problems In Terror Prosecution
As charges mount against Ahmad Khan Rahami in connection with bombings in Manhattan and New Jersey, one thing could make the job of prosecutors and defense lawyers more complicated-charges have been brought against the defendant in three jurisdictions. The U.S. Attorneys’ Office for the Southern Continue Reading
4 Practice Areas Where NJ Firms Are Hiring
Law360 quoted Joe Boccassini in an article discussing where firms are hiring. Real estate has emerged as one of the busiest practice areas in which New Jersey law firms are hiring as the state continues its climb out of the recession, while intellectual property and corporate compliance have also Continue Reading
5 Insurance Rulings You May Have Missed This Summer
High-profile insurance decisions released this summer upstaged other notable rulings, including a New York appellate court's holding that Ace doesn't have to pick up National Grid's cleanup costs for years where no pollution liability insurance was available on the market and a New Jersey court's Continue Reading
Fox, Carlson Settlement May Spur Other Harassment Suits
Fox News' parent company has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit that former host Gretchen Carlson brought against ousted Chairman Roger Ailes, a deal that signals a desire from the network to move beyond the bad press but could embolden others to bring claims. In a Tuesday statement, 21st Continue Reading
On Trademark Law, US Courts Thinking Beyond Borders
Globalization has its critics, but it seems that American trademark law is increasingly coming to terms with it — particularly after a pair of recent appeals court rulings in favor of Trader Joe’s and Bayer stepped beyond national boundaries. In the span of the last six months, the Fourth Circuit Continue Reading
Those Terms and Conditions (That Nobody Reads) Could Cost N.J. Retailers
On Dec. 24, 2015, a home furnishings company called Croscill Home sold a tealight candle holder online to an Ocean County man. That transaction now has the company facing the threat of a class action lawsuit and the possible loss of a huge sum of money. The consumer, Ryan Russell, earlier this year Continue Reading