New England Biz Law Update

A legal deparment can be run as a "profit center," this former in-house attorney contends. Here's how.

In August 2005, the Delaware Court of Chancery in the shareholder derivative suit In re The Walt Disney Company Derivative Litigation that Disney directors did not breach their fiduciary duties regarding to former Disney President Michael Ovitz’s hiring and controversial ...

No one would seriously consider serving as a director or officer of a public company unless the company had director and officer liability insurance. But many private companies do not have such insurance, even though directors and officers of privately-held ...

Job hunting, specifically networking for a new job, is a lot like dating, at least in terms of the most common mistakes that people make – like talking too much about themselves and not listening to their audience. And, let’s ...

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U.S. Supreme Court Civil Procedure Removal Not Improper Even if Potential Co-Defendant Could Defeat Diversity Jurisdiction When a defendant validly removes a case to federal court, it s not required to negate the existence of a potential co-defendant whose presence ...

Ten to 15 years ago health care lawyers focused mainly on patient care, end-of-life issues, non-profit corporations and regulatory matters. More recently, the issues have broadened. Health care lawyers now grapple with hospital mergers, joint ventures, reimbursement, agreements with physician ...

In November 2005, the Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel held its annual all-day conference, this year with an innovative twist. The brainchild of Byron Kalogerou and Terry Mahoney of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae (who jointly have ...

Lawyers say the regulatory reforms of the Securities and Exchange Commission will make it profoundly easier to raise capital through public offerings of stocks and bonds, while facilitating more frequent and timely communications with investors.

Despite a recent ruling from the 1st Circuit holding that a company executive violated federal wiretap laws by intercepting customer e-mails, companies generally have free rein in monitoring employee e-mails.