McCarter attorneys recently achieved a significant victory in the Delaware Supreme Court when the Court unanimously reversed a multi-million dollar judgment in a unique case involving both Delaware escheat law and a qui tam action. On June 24, 2020, the Court unanimously reversed a Continue Reading
INSIGHT: Proving the Presence of COVID-19 Is a Path to Insurance Coverage
Many insurance policies expressly grant business interruption coverage, but a key to coverage is often found in extensions that require there be “actual not suspected presence of communicable disease.” Attorneys from McCarter & English LLP examine how businesses can prove their case. The Continue Reading
Walking Through the Shadows of Bankruptcy: Financing Equipment in Times of Distress
Many equipment lessees have been hit hard by the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Inez Markovich and Howard Brod Brownstein outline the rights and remedies of equipment finance lessors and lenders when their customers face temporary distress or a Chapter 11 filing. Equipment Continue Reading
Trump Suspends Immigration to Remove “Competition” From U.S. Unemployed
Citing the overall unemployment rate in the United States, President Trump issued an expanded version of Proclamation 10014, titled “Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak.” Continue Reading
Ten Key Leasing Considerations Resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic
As businesses adjust to the complications presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, landlords and tenants must now take even greater care when entering into leases. Tenants may demand greater flexibility in leases should a public health emergency interrupt their businesses and impact profitability, and Continue Reading
How USPTO Examiner Type Affects Patents: Part 2
Patent procurement at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is affected by the type of examiner. We gathered data from the LexisNexis PatentAdvisor database for each year from 2009 to 2019, for examiners in each of eight nondesign Tech Centers at the USPTO from the Continue Reading
Proposed Rule Introduces Critical Changes for SBA Contractors
Good News for Businesses Damaged During Riots: Insurance May Cover Your Losses
During the days and weeks following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, protests erupted in every state across the country. Although most of these protests remained peaceful, there were instances of criminal misconduct and property destruction, such as the breaking Continue Reading
Outdoor Seating: Special Ruling of NJ ABC Director
Beginning on June 15, limited outdoor seating will be allowed for New Jersey establishments with on-premises consumption licenses and permits to serve alcoholic beverages. To accomplish this statewide change, the Director of the New Jersey Division of ABC (the “NJ ABC”) created a temporary permit Continue Reading
New Jersey Makes Sweeping Changes to Independent Contractor Laws
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy last week signed into law several bills aimed at combating the misclassification of workers as independent contractors rather than as employees. The new enactments expand the authority of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL), create new Continue Reading