New England Biz Law Update

There has been a flurry of activity on Beacon Hill in recent years concerning the law of post-employment restrictive covenants in Massachusetts.

Tagged with: March 31 2012 issue

Of the more than 460 cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during the first six terms of the Roberts court (2005-2010), 13 were heard on direct review from the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. When one takes into ...

Tagged with: Feb. 29 2012 issue

As we approach the proxy season, the SEC landscape has changed significantly. We have one year of “say-on-pay” under our belts; private ordering of shareholder proxy nominations (see my January column); and a flurry of SEC guidance, including compensation, risk, ...

Tagged with: Feb. 29 2012 issue

The deadline for compliance with a key requirement of the Massachusetts Data Security Regulations is here. By March 1, contracts must require that certain service providers implement and maintain appropriate security measures to protect personal information.

Tagged with: Feb. 29 2012 issue

For any inside counsel charged with protecting a company’s intellectual property assets, it is surely frustrating that, in recent years, it has become more difficult to stop patent infringers in their tracks.

Tagged with: Feb. 29 2012 issue

You’ve been at your current in-house position for some time. When you took the job, or perhaps sometime during your employment, you were required to sign a variety of restrictive covenants that included at least one of the following: a ...

Tagged with: Feb. 29 2012 issue

On the somewhat arcane topic of paying non-exempt employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s “fluctuating workweek” method, there have been some significant developments in 2011.

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue

It is no secret that in-house counsel are bringing more work in-house while also handling more international legal work. At the intersection of that trend dwells the risk that in-house counsel will rely on the attorney-client privilege in communicating with ...

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue

The huge scope of the Dodd-Frank Act poses an enormous problem for the Securities and Exchange Commission: How, in the midst of everything else, can the SEC perform the various functions assigned to it by Congress?

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue

With 2011 just ended, what better time to review the top 10 intellectual property cases and matters of the year? Drum roll, please.

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue