U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews announced that he will resign later this month to accept a government relations position with Philadelphia-based law firm Dilworth Paxson.

New Jersey pharmaceutical giants, Merck & Co. Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, are teaming up with eight other drug companies, the National Institutes of Health and several nonprofits in an unprecedented $230 million, five-year research partnership to speed the search for promising biological targets of disease and discover ways to combat them.

Princeton-based electronic payment processor Heartland Payment Systems is suing a competitor, alleging that Mercury Payment Systems is deceptively inflating fees on merchants, among other things. Mercury, based in Durango, Colo., denies the charges.

A Belgian biotech will collaborate with Merck and Co. Inc. in a potentially multibillion-dollar deal intended to develop new cancer drugs to help stimulate the body's immune system.

McCarter & English announced Monday an expansion of its energy law practice in Washington D.C. The acquisition of the 14-lawyer energy law boutique, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, will combine under the McCarter name with 400 attorneys in eight regional offices from Boston to Washington. Newark is McCarter's largest office.

As thousands flock to northern New Jersey in advance of Super Bowl XLVIII, Morris County hasn't really gained the economic boom some thought it would, according to county Chamber of Commerce president Paul Boudreau.