New England Biz Law Update

While revised Family and Medical Leave Act regulations appear to be a boon for military families, they have come under fire from labor groups due to stiffer rules for other workers. And on the management side, the changes didn’t go ...

A decade ago, only a handful of bankruptcy courts around the country had mediation programs. But that’s changing. Long associated with family law disputes and litigation generally, mediation programs were slow to catch on in complex business cases, including those ...

The latest wave of Vioxx rulings appears to have dashed any lingering plaintiffs’ hopes as the pain-killer litigation winds down. And the decisions – especially one from the New Jersey Appellate Division – may make it harder to pursue other ...

Patricia Mundy, 35, an associate in Sullivan & Worcester’s Boston office, works a reduced schedule that includes one day a week at home, and Fridays off. “It’s about as good as it gets,” said Mundy, who works in the firm’s ...

After he retired, Robert V. Williams thought getting a job as a FedEx driver would be a good way to stay busy and pick up some extra money. Williams, 71, of Berlin, Mass., had worked for several other delivery services ...

The Rhode Island Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a landmark lead paint case that is being closely watched by other states, as well as plaintiffs’ attorneys throughout the nation.

The group representing in-house counsel across the country says it is fed up with exorbitant outside-counsel legal fees. And it’s ready to demand more value for corporate America’s legal dollars.

The plaintiffs’ bar is increasingly resisting corporate efforts to avoid class action arbitrations. Banks, credit companies and employers have been specifically exempting class actions from arbitration agreements. This move followed a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the doors ...

Buoyed by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year, employer health plans are aggressively attempting to recoup money from beneficiaries who receive third-party payments. In May 2006, the Supreme Court ruled in a case involving a Maryland couple that a ...

Merck & Co. recently agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle the majority of claims over injuries linked to its Vioxx painkiller. Without admitting wrongdoing, the Whitehouse Station, N.J. pharmaceutical company agreed to settle most claims filed as of Nov. ...