New England Biz Law Update

In-house counsel at the country’s largest companies are not satisfied with the e-discovery work performed by their outside law firms, according to a legal consulting group’s recently released survey.

Tagged with: Oct. 31 2012 issue

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held in an issue of first impression that an arbitrator, and not a judge, must decide if an arbitration agreement allows for a dispute to move forward individually or on a class-wide ...

Tagged with: July 31 2012 issue

Before the ink had dried on his multi-million-dollar contract, Paul V. Kelly knew he had a problem on his hands.

Tagged with: July 16 2012 issue

A fired employee cannot sue for severance pay under the Massachusetts Wage Act, a Superior Court judge has ruled.

Tagged with: May 31 2012 issue

Local securities lawyers say a 2nd Circuit ruling defines for the first time the meaning of “domestic transaction” under a test laid out by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark 2010 Morrison, et al. v. National Australia Bank Ltd., ...

Tagged with: May 31 2012 issue

A Massachusetts three private-jet charter flight salesmen from soliciting customers from their previous employer Superior Court judge has held that a non-compete, non-solicitation clause barred.

Tagged with: May 31 2012 issue

A certified nursing assistant who received workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained at work was not a qualified handicapped person under Massachusetts’ Chapter 151B because she failed to prove she could perform the essential functions of her job with or ...

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue

A Superior Court judge in Boston’s Business Litigation Session has ruled that a company that intentionally destroyed tens of thousands of pages of evidence must pay the plaintiffs’ counsel fees.

Tagged with: March 31 2012 issue

A start-up company could enforce a non-compete agreement against a former vice president who went to work for a competitor developing products in the same industry, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled.

Tagged with: Feb. 29 2012 issue

A ruling involving the largest institutional fund management company in the world allows employees to rely more safely on advice they receive from in-house counsel, according to several lawyers familiar with the Securities and Exchange Commission case.

Tagged with: Nov. 30 2011 issue