New England Biz Law Update

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has set aside a $1.2 million jury verdict awarded to a nurse who claimed her employer, Massachusetts General Hospital, retaliated against her for taking time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The plaintiff ...

A year after a U.S. District Court judge ruled that a law firm associate could not pursue an associational discrimination claim against his employer, a second member of the federal bench has reached the same conclusion in a suit brought ...

Civil litigators say a worrisome number of practitioners are in the dark about sweeping electronic-discovery amendments approved last month by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Tagged with: Nov. 1 2013 issue

A corporate benefits department abused its discretion when it denied a worker’s claim for continued benefits under a long-term disability income plan without addressing substantial evidence that she was disabled, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled. The plan administrator ...

Tagged with: July 1 2013 issue

STATUS CONFERENCE Updating a case previously reported in Lawyers Weekly The parties Plaintiff Jiri Poner is a Czech national, who makes his living as a hockey talent consultant. Defendant Bobby Orr Hockey Group is a sports agency that happens to ...

Tagged with: April 30 2013 issue

When a disgruntled client sent Michael D. MacClary and Francis E. Perkins Jr. a legal-malpractice demand letter last year, the Burns & Levinson partners turned to their in-house ethics counsel for advice.

Tagged with: Dec. 31 2012 issue

Civil litigators say a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling allowing a class action racketeering suit to proceed against a Boston-based law firm sends a dangerous message to tax attorneys. In Ouwinga, et al. v. Benistar 419 Plan Services, ...

Tagged with: Dec. 31 2012 issue

Legal-malpractice lawyers say the ability of a major law firm to defend itself against a complaint filed by a longtime client will rise or fall on whether a judge finds the firm’s services were so excessive that portions of its ...

Tagged with: Dec. 31 2012 issue

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has found that an Office Max sales manager who accused her company of operating an “old boy’s network” was entitled to five years of front pay and $300,000 in emotional distress damages.

Tagged with: Nov. 30 2012 issue

The owner of a citrus fruit company could proceed with a federal lawsuit over damaged goods despite a clause in a bill of lading that called for all disputes to be resolved by an arbitrator in London, a U.S. District ...

Tagged with: Oct. 31 2012 issue