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Infringing Lasagna? 3-D Printing Risks Innovative restaurants already use the technology – but is it all protected IP?
There are lots of risks in the restaurant business: bad food, unruly patrons, defective furniture. Fortunately, copying a recipe claimed by someone else is not one of them. Judges regularly close the courthouse doors on such claims, which, as a result, are few and far between. Until, that is, 3-D...
Read MoreContingent Expense and Business Interruption Risks Plague Supply Chains: Potential losses make appropriate insurance coverage more critical than ever
Businesses in the food and beverage industry often obtain first-party property insurance to cover losses associated with damage to their own property. They can face significant risks associated with damage to key customers’ or key suppliers’ property – generally referred to as...
Read MoreThe Lending Landscape: Banking is at once the same as it always was yet rocked by regulations and changing consumer demands
ln some ways, the banking and commercial-lending industry is what it always was: lenders underwriting the credit- worthiness of prospective borrowers, generally, and of various projects, specifically, to ensure that loans are priced profitably and commensurate with risk. In other ways,...
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If You Sell Online, Your Fine Print May Put You At Risk: Wave of Lawsuits Targets Website Terms and Conditions Under the New Jersey Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (“TCCWNA”)
Nearly every business involved in online commerce or advertising includes disclaimers, limitations of liability, and other terms on its website’s Terms and Conditions or Rules of Use. Those Terms and Conditions are designed to reduce the risk of lawsuits by imposing acceptable use obligations...
Read MoreFERC Priorities for 2016: What’s on the horizon for the U.S. power grid and pipelines?
Metropolitan Corporate Counsel sat down before year’s end with McCarter & English, LLP partners Sean Beeny and John Gregg to discuss what lies ahead in 2016 for the nation’s energy regulator, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. FERC oversees the U.S. power grid and the system...
Read MoreCivil Rules Roundtable: Proportion – Not Perfection
The overhaul of Rule 37(e) is intended to address the unintended consequence of what has been described as “massive and costly over preservation.” While it will take time to see how courts apply the amended rules, corporate litigants are hopeful that the amendments will curtail the...
Read MoreWhen the Mission Goes Beyond Money: Impact investors seek to back companies that deliver a dollar and a difference
Curtis A. Johnson, a partner with McCarter & English, focuses on complex financial transactions and serves as counsel to a major financial institution on its impact investments. In this interview, he discusses the growth and mechanics of impact investing, as well as the opportunities and...
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