New Jersey's highest court has agreed to decide whether damages resulting from a subcontractor's defective work on a condominium complex triggered an insurer's duty to defend the general contractor, and attorneys say a ruling favoring the condo association could eliminate an easy out for carriers in Continue Reading
Successful Companies Often Emerge from Non-Traditional Business Ideas
COMMERCE ASKED SOME OF New Jersey’s top professional services firms about their most unusual clients and we learned of an indoor, vertical vegetable farm in urban Newark; a luxury spa and resort for dogs; and stables that produced American Pharoah, the horse that won the Belmont Stakes and became Continue Reading
The 5 Biggest Mistakes You Can Make As A Lateral
Joining a new firm can seem like the perfect marriage, but attorneys can sully that relationship or blow it up altogether by failing to do their due diligence before jumping aboard and making other key missteps. Not making sure to understand a firm's culture before sealing the deal is just one Continue Reading
ALI’s Proposed Penalty For Spurning Defense Irks Insurers
The American Law Institute is set to consider proposals on guidelines for liability insurance law during a pair of meetings this week, including a controversial provision that attorneys say could impose tough penalties on insurers for breaching the duty to defend. The ALI council has already Continue Reading
Veronica Montagna quoted and McCarter & English mentioned in “McCarter & English Lawyer Donates Services to Habitat for Humanity”
Habitat for Humanity's local merger is bringing together local communities and consolidating resources to create a greater impact on Central Jersey. McCarter & English attorney, Veronica Montagna, was paired with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plainfield & Middlesex County by Pro Bono Continue Reading
Military Prep School in New York to Reopen After Bankruptcy Sale
A historic New York prep school whose famous alumni include presidential hopeful Donald Trump is preparing to reopen after a bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved the nearly $16 million sale of its campus. The 126-year-old New York Military Academy, located in the Hudson Valley, is expected to Continue Reading
PENPAC Endorses Pro-Business Pro-Job Candidates
The Private Enterprise Political Action Committee (PENPAC) announced today its endorsements of pro-business candidates seeking seats in the State’s General Assembly. The endorsements reflect a cross-section of candidates including incumbents, challengers, Democrats and Republicans. These Continue Reading
A Legal Guide to Working with Interns
Enterprising high school and college students often spend at least part of their summers engaged in internships. What better way to test-drive a career and gain valuable job skills than to spend a few weeks immersed in the corporate culture? Recent headlines suggest, however, that when it comes Continue Reading
FCRA Suits Mounting, But SCOTUS Might Stem Surge
Plaintiffs lawyers have been filing a profusion of suits over pre-employment background checks, which some observers attribute to a renewed interest in applicants' rights during the hiring process, but an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case could slow the trend.In the U.S. District Court for the Continue Reading
PTAB’s Joinder Ruling Gives Petitioners Extra Flexibility
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision last week allowing for parties that bring one America Invents Act review petition to file a subsequent petition raising different issues and join them into one proceeding may give petitioners strategic benefits, such as prolonging a stay in parallel Continue Reading