New England Biz Law Update

It’s probably safe to say that your office doesn’t bear much resemblance to Jennifer A. Flynn’s. Flynn sat down with New England In-House at her Fenway Park offices in the midst of the Boston Red Sox’s championship run. The interview ...

In an area of law where things move fast, end unpredictably, and there are multiple definitions of victory, one of the most difficult and critical decisions lawyers must make is deciding who to sue.

For attorneys and law firms deciding what to charge, and for in-house counsel who want to be savvy customers of legal services, a recently released “rate report” compiled by a legal analytics company is a virtual treasure trove of information.

Two years after the “bounty” provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act on financial reforms took effect, whistleblower matters remain a sizzling growth area for lawyers in employment or finance and securities practice areas — or, as is increasingly common, on a ...

Tagged with: Nov. 1 2013 issue

A nationwide surge in wage-and-hour lawsuits has been particularly pronounced in Massachusetts, where 2008 changes to the state’s Wage Act made the award of treble damages mandatory in all wage claim cases.

Tagged with: Nov. 1 2013 issue

Businesspeople should think twice before cracking their next lawyer joke. An attorney might just be their boss one day.

Tagged with: Nov. 1 2013 issue

As the economy improves and business litigation heats up, judges are increasingly relying on a quirk of Massachusetts caselaw to invalidate controversial noncompetition agreements. The “material change doctrine,” a unique feature of Massachusetts employment law, is the principle that a ...

Tagged with: Aug. 31 2013 issue

A recently issued federal “blueprint” for how colleges and universities should address sexual harassment and assault has critics complaining that the policy’s overly broad definition of harassment could violate the First Amendment.

Tagged with: Aug. 31 2013 issue

The Massachusetts Superior Court’s Business Litigation Session is about to receive a crash course on federal patent law. The court, created in 2000 to give litigants the opportunity to have complex business disputes handled with special attention outside the traditional ...

Tagged with: July 1 2013 issue

Leave it to a lawyer to actually read those pesky permission slips kids bring home that require a parent’s signature.

Tagged with: July 1 2013 issue