New England Biz Law Update

Recent action taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission against two Massachusetts individuals has in-house counsel and workers alike wondering whether there are limits to the extent employees can rely on their company’s attorneys. In September, the SEC filed a ...

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As electronic discovery continues to proliferate, attorneys are faced with an increasingly dangerous minefield of ethical issues.

For the first time, employers are required to pay a subsidy for former employees’ use of COBRA, and experts caution that they could see their overall health costs rise as a result.

For the first time, employers are required to pay a subsidy for former employees’ use of COBRA, and experts caution that they could see their overall health costs rise as a result.

Requiring employees to carry work documents with them while commuting does not mean they have to be compensated for that time under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the 2nd Circuit recently ruled. A group of New York City fire alarm ...

Want a cure for the common cold? According to the makers of Airborne, an herbal supplement, their product was it. “They advertised the product as the ‘miracle cure for the common cold,’ and one press release even said it could ...

The increased use of electronic discovery has resulted in a new cottage industry of sorts – e-discovery special masters. A special master is a parajudicial officer appointed to assist courts, such as by taking testimony or advising judges as a ...

Is encryption the answer?

In overseas employee is protected under the Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower provisions, a U.S. District Court judge in New York recently decided in an apparent first impression ruling. In O’Mahony v. Accenture (No. 07-7916), Rosemary O’Mahony, a foreign citizen, sued the U.S. ...

Nine months before Merck reached a global settlement with thousands of Vioxx plaintiffs, a New Jersey jury awarded one man $47.5 million for a heart attack caused by taking the painkiller drug for just two months. Frederick “Mike” Humeston lost ...