New England Biz Law Update

A group of union benefit funds that claimed an employer violated a collective bargaining agreement filed a timely appeal, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found in a case of first impression.

Tagged with: Oct. 31 2012 issue

African-American borrowers who claimed a lender’s policies caused them to pay more than whites in securing home mortgage loans could not rely on a nationwide statistical analysis in order to gain certification as a class, a U.S. District Court judge ...

Tagged with: Oct. 31 2012 issue

Hospital executives who had been terminated after the hospital was sold in bankruptcy were entitled to bring severance claims against the buyer despite the existence of a “no-third-party-beneficiaries clause” in the asset purchase agreement, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in ...

Tagged with: Oct. 31 2012 issue

Any attorney who has tried an intellectual property case knows that presenting the evidence in a way that jurors fully comprehend is no simple task.

Tagged with: Sept. 30 2012 issue

A chiropractor who suffered an injury that prevented him from continuing to practice could collect total disability benefits even though he worked part time as a nurse, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled.

Tagged with: Sept. 30 2012 issue

A mandatory arbitration clause in an employment application was unenforceable against a pregnant woman who brought suit after being denied a job, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a 2-1 decision.

Tagged with: Aug. 31 2012 issue

A series of emails between a buyer and seller of real estate containing the material terms of an offer to purchase and indicating an acceptance of those terms was sufficient to create a binding contract, a Superior Court judge in ...

Tagged with: July 31 2012 issue

An employer could not rely on the “inevitable disclosure doctrine” to obtain a preliminary injunction restricting the scope of the work two former employees could perform after joining a competitor, a U.S. District Court judge in Boston has ruled.

Tagged with: July 31 2012 issue

A bank that required customers to answer security questions before it cleared any electronic withdrawal of more than $1, but allegedly failed to implement further security measures to detect and address suspicious transactions, could be sued under Article 4A of ...

Tagged with: July 31 2012 issue

A law firm representing the plaintiffs in a patent infringement suit was not subject to disqualification based on the fact that two of its partners, while associated with a different firm in 2004, had a one-day meeting with the defendant ...

Tagged with: May 31 2012 issue