We wrote recently about proposed changes to laws governing content on the internet. Washington has now proposed even more changes that could affect policing of the internet and social media. In brief, Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 allows platforms like Facebook, Continue Reading
Financial Impact of COVID on Healthcare Clients
Kay Klele spoke with Commerce Magazine to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted healthcare clients. Continue Reading
Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies September 2020 Highlights
Our globally renowned Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies team empowers clients throughout the development cycle—from ideation to creation, capitalization, implementation, commercialization, and monetization. Driving entrepreneurshipMcCarter’s Dave Sorin is participating in a new Continue Reading
Florida’s New UCRERA Brings Needed Consistency to Receivership Law
Stephanie Reed Traband authored "Florida's New UCRERA Brings Needed Consistency to Receivership Law" published by Law.com. Continue Reading
Charter School Bond Financing
McCarter attorney Sarah Smith, as part of her involvement with the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL), has co-authored a paper titled “Charter School Bond Financing.” The paper, the result of a project undertaken by a special subcommittee of NABL, is a comprehensive resource that identifies Continue Reading
The FAR Council Issues Proposed Rule to Implement Executive Order on Significant Buy American Changes
Court Invalidates Some FFCRA Regulations, DOL ‘Fixes’ Them
Employers looking to comply with the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) have had a wild ride during the past several weeks. First, a federal judge invalidated several parts of the Dep't of Labor’s regulations related to the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and the Emergency Family and Continue Reading
NJ Court Refuses to Dismiss COVID-Related Business Interruption Claims
A New Jersey state court recently rejected an insurer’s claim that COVID-related losses cannot qualify as covered losses. In Optical Services USA/JCI v. Franklin Mutual Insurance Co., No. BER-L-3681-20, pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Bergen County, the Continue Reading
Disclosure Industry Working Group Encourages Timely Covid-19 Disclosures
The Disclosure Industry Working Group reminds issuers that applicable filing deadlines have not been extended by either the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and encourages all issuers to discuss COVID-19 disclosure with their entire financing team, Continue Reading
CFIUS: Final Rule Weds Declaration Requirements for Critical Technology Transactions with Export Controls
The U.S. Department of the Treasury published a Final Rule (the Rule) on September 15, 2020, revising provisions in the regulations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that implement section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended by the Foreign Continue Reading