New England Biz Law Update

Following two U.S. Supreme Court decisions that shut the door on state-law failure-to-warn and design-defect claims over generic drugs, the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps that could ultimately open a window for plaintiffs. The agency has stated its ...

Tagged with: Aug. 31 2031 issue

The U.S. Senate’s confirmation of all five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board may end some of the uncertainty that has loomed over the controversial agency for years. But it does not signal an end to the battles over ...

Tagged with: Aug. 31 2013 issue

For most employers, severance agreements are essential tools for ensuring that the end of an employment relationship does not lead to litigation. But a recent lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that an overly broad severance agreement ...

Tagged with: Aug. 31 2013 issue

The employment bar was roiled last year when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that a company policy requiring employees to keep interviews related to internal investigations confidential violated federal labor law. But since then, the agency has been informally ...

Tagged with: July 1 2013 issue

The U.S. Supreme Court’s first ruling addressing the Class Action Fairness Act is the latest bit of good news from Washington for the class action defense bar.

Tagged with: April 30 2013 issue

Deciding where the preemptive effect of federal rules governing drug manufacturing ends and states’ ability to impose liability on drug makers begins has never been an easy task — not even for the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tagged with: April 30 2013 issue

One year after the National Labor Relations Board sent shockwaves through the labor and employment bar by ruling that mandatory arbitration clauses barring class actions violated the National Labor Relations Act, the decision is coming under direct fire from federal ...

In its first full year, a federal whistleblower program that boosted the amount of awards to employees and others who report credible information about fraud and other securities violations spurred more than 3,000 tips and resulted in one five-figure payout.

Tagged with: February 28 2013 issue

In a ruling likely to send ripples through the labor and employment law bar, a federal appellate court has ruled that President Obama’s recess appointments of three members to the National Labor Relations Board last year were unconstitutional.

Tagged with: February 28 2013 issue

The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to decide who should foot the attorney’s bill when an accident victim’s medical expenses are covered by an ERISA plan, and the victim goes on to win a tort suit for his injuries.

Tagged with: Dec. 31 2012 issue