New England Biz Law Update

The once-mighty “Big Five” international accounting firm Arthur Andersen may be dead and all but buried, but its legal legacy and the lessons learned for in-house lawyers on document retention polices will live on for years to come. Observers say ...

The number of religious discrimination claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission continues to increase. Since 2001, the number of claims filed with the federal agency has jumped 16 percent -totaling 2,466 in 2004. Lawyers are also seeing more ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has approved a plan that will redeploy field office staff, reduce costs and decrease the number of district offices from 23 to 15. The plan -approved July 8 – is causing concern among employment lawyers ...

The author updates the status of litigation under Sarbanes-Oxley. It might be less than you think.

It seems every company has at one time or another seen a competitor’s issued U.S. patent and said, “How did they get that? Everybody knew that.” or “That doesn’t work.” All that may very well be true. A company might ...

The recently enacted Bankruptcy Code reforms are the most comprehensive changes to federal bankruptcy law since enactment of the Code in 1978. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 takes effect on Oct. 17 and will apply ...

Insurance companies today face unprecedented scrutiny in the wake of the burgeoning investigation of American International Group (AIG), General Reinsurance Corp. (Gen Re), and other insurers. With state and federal regulators – to say nothing of the Department of Justice ...

In the mid-1800s retail magnate Marshall Field opined that “goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.” Evidently, the business world has changed dramatically. An efficient, inexpensive and effective tool to protect your company’s interests ...

A recent survey found that more than eight million people – seven percent of U.S. Internet users – maintain online journals that are regularly updated and feature the opinions of the author, along with links to other websites of interest. ...

Corporate executives and in-house counsel at companies with environmental problems beware: The next meeting you attend, study you review, memo you receive or government inquiry you respond to may form the basis for criminal charges ranging from criminal conspiracy to ...