McCarter & English, LLP

Sherilyn Pastor, chair of our Insurance Recovery, Litigation & Counseling group, was recently featured in Law360, where she shared her insights on the evolving landscape of cyberinsurance and how insurers are increasingly using sublimits instead of broad exclusions to handle catastrophic losses. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g9myxzXk #cyberinsurance #insurancelaw #insurancelitigation

Volunteers from our Philadelphia office proudly took part in the 15th annual Ready for Learning Backpack-A-Thon® hosted by Cradles to Crayons Philadelphia, where they joined hundreds of others to assemble 72,500 backpacks with essential school supplies for children across the tri-state region. We extend a special thank you to Cradles to Crayons Philadelphia for organizing this incredible event and our McCarter volunteers, Daniella Gordon, Diane Anderson-Bach, Kendeil A. Dorvilier, Matthew O'Connor, Esq., Gail Mirra, Debbie Gill, Daryl L. Booker, and Leanne O.! #BackpackAThon #CradlestoCrayons #GivingBack #CommunityService

Hugh Murray and Emily Gianquinto discuss what employers and employees can likely expect following this week’s ruling by a Texas federal court broadly setting aside the Federal Trade Commission’s rule invalidating non-competes, which had been set to go into effect on September 4. Read More: https://lnkd.in/eFFnHNx8

Scott Christie comments on recent cyberattack that exposed the SSN data of nearly 3 billion people. Scott advises companies to invest in security protocols and notes, “At the end of the day, most companies don’t think that their system is at risk until they experience something, and even though it’s certainly best practice to shore up the security of their databases for a variety of reasons, a company may not do it appropriately.” Read More: https://lnkd.in/dP5nRcx3

Guillermo C. Artiles Talks with New Jersey Globe and NJBIZ about George Helmy’s U.S. Senate Appointment. Read More: https://lnkd.in/d4f7AEmT

Partner Kim Metzger will be speaking on September 27, 2024 at the Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Indianapolis Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference on SUD Patient Records and the “New” Part 2: A Closer Walk With HIPAA. Read More: https://lnkd.in/dkXV_akb

McCarter’s Stephanie Olivo, former Compliance Director at ELEC, and Bill Palatucci, discuss ELEC’s proposed new rules this week, finally implementing the legislature’s creation of reporting requirements for independent expenditure (IE) committees. Read More: https://lnkd.in/exMN9dxa #nj #electionlaw

The Supreme Court recently decided that an arbitrator may not always be vested with the authority to make the decision as to arbitrability in Coinbase v. Suski. Judge Jose Linares and Mark M. Makhail discuss how the decision will impact the landscape of ADR going forward. Read More: https://lnkd.in/ewt5GGGG

Courts around the country are divided over whether the FTC has the power to ban nearly all employee non-compete agreements in the US. Hugh Murray and Emily Gianquinto discuss a recent Florida court decision that has the fate of the non-compete rule still in limbo and what this result means for employers. Read More: https://lnkd.in/eN8y9mbB

We are pleased to announce the addition of partners Jim Budinetz and Peter Zarella to our Business Litigation group in Hartford, CT. Jim and Peter bring extensive experience in complex civil and commercial litigation and continue the growth of our Hartford office. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g3Xg62Nu #bizlit