New England Biz Law Update

On April 26, the first-ever In-House Leaders in the Law event will honor in-house counsel in the region who have demonstrated extraordinary professional skills over the past year. The gala dinner and networking event will be hosted by New England ...

New Associations Mandie R. Araujo has joined New England School of Law as director of career services. Anne M. Action has been appointed professor of law and director of the law library. Megan E. Higgins has been named research counsel ...

Taming e-discovery

Getting the most out of co-workers

Below are summaries of important opinions affecting in-house attorneys issued by the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the 1st and 2nd Circuits and the Delaware Supreme Court from mid-October 2006 through early January 2007 Readers can access the full ...

The business world it seems has been buffeted by scandal after scandal since we’ve entered the 21st century. Corporate fraud is the biggie, of course, which led to Sarbanes-Oxley and a raft of other “reform” laws and regulations. Of more ...

New Associations Michael A. Bergeron has been appointed supervising attorney at Pilgrim Advocates, Inc. in Brockton, Mass. Amy W. Bizar has joined TERI, a non-profit organization in Boston, as vice president and general counsel. Sheila C. Casey has been named ...

Barry Nagler has a successfully molded a top-notch legal team at Hasbro, Inc. with little turnover. His 21-attorney staff has an average tenure of eight years and no one has left over the last three years. What’s his secret? “A ...

The good side of working with outside counsel

Below are summaries of important opinions affecting in-house attorneys issued by the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the 1st and 2nd Circuits from mid-July 2006 through early October 2006. * * * U.S. Supreme Court Certiorari Granted Fair Credit ...