The President’s Immigration Accountability Executive Action holds the promise of major improvements to the ability of foreign national talent and their families to enter, work, and remain in this country while going through the seemingly endless process of obtaining lawful permanent resident status. Continue Reading
Health Law Insights Newsletter – Issue 6
McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents Issue 6 of the Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. FOCUS Patient Safety Act Alert: New Jersey Supreme Court Held Hospital’s Internal Review was Not Discoverable FEDERAL Continue Reading
New Jersey Launches Energy Resilience Bank
New Jersey has recently launched the New Jersey Energy Resilience Bank (ERB), a public infrastructure bank focusing on energy resilience. As part of Governor Christie’s continuing efforts to minimize the impact of future major power outages and increase energy resiliency of critical Continue Reading
Private Equity Websites and General Solicitations: A Case of Overzealous Hypersensitivity?
It’s a well-settled law of physics: for every action, there’s a reaction. In some cases, there’s overreaction – generally best avoided, but a phenomenon to which many private equity funds may have fallen victim. Here, we examine ways that private funds can utilize their websites and generally market Continue Reading
Changes in Retirement Plan Limitations for 2015
Please find below a link to information about the Internal Revenue Service's recently announced retirement plan limitations effective for 2015. Continue Reading
Understanding ISO’s New 2014 Cyber Insurance Endorsements
The insurance industry is offering specialty insurance products designed to cover cyberliability threats while promulgating data breach and data-related exclusions for primary and umbrella liability policies Click to read the full article: Understanding ISO's New 2014 Cyber Insurance Endorsements Continue Reading
Notice 2014-67 – Safe Harbors for ACOs and a New Management Contract Safe Harbor for Everyone
On Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service released interim guidance, Notice 2014-67, on whether a state or local government entity or an organization described in §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that benefits from tax-exempt bond financing will be considered Continue Reading
Hot Topics in Downstream Litigation
This article discusses important issues in downstream litigation, specifically MTBE cases, ethanol cases, and the Natural Resource Damages (“NRD”). We begin with an overview of litigation involving MTBE, then move on to a discussion of ethanol cases and finally conclude with a basic discussion of Continue Reading
Health Law Insights Newsletter – Issue 5
McCarter & English, LLP’s Health Care Group presents the September 2014 issue of Health Law Insights, which discusses the latest legal issues in the health care industry. FOCUS Federation of State Medical Boards Releases Final Interstate Licensure Guidance for Telemedicine FEDERAL Continue Reading
Losing The Home-Team Advantage – The Supreme Court’s Narrowing of the Doctrine of General Personal Jurisdiction and its Impact on Patent Declaratory Judgment Actions
A recent Supreme Court opinion in a non-patent case, Daimler AG v. Bauman, likely will have a far-reaching impact on the prevalence of patent declaratory judgment actions. In the past, an accused patent infringer often could rely on the doctrine of general personal jurisdiction in order to Continue Reading