New England Biz Law Update

For most lawyers, filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court and publishing a novel within the span of six days — as Bingham McCutchen partner P. Sabin Willett recently did — would qualify as the biggest week of ...

Tagged with: April 30 2013 issue

STATUS CONFERENCE Updating a case previously reported in Lawyers Weekly The parties Plaintiff Jiri Poner is a Czech national, who makes his living as a hockey talent consultant. Defendant Bobby Orr Hockey Group is a sports agency that happens to ...

Tagged with: April 30 2013 issue

The powers that be at Choate, Hall & Stewart maintained from the start that a $5 million malpractice suit filed against the Boston mega-firm would quickly and decisively be tossed out of court.

Tagged with: Nov. 30 2012 issue

A former Dechert associate will get his day in court, thanks to a recent ruling by a federal judge.

Tagged with: Nov. 30 2012 issue

Before the proverbial ink had dried on the online job posting of a newly created virtual law firm, more than 125 Massachusetts lawyers had submitted their resumes.

Tagged with: July 31 2012 issue

If Boston lawyer William F. Burke is going to score any points in his recently filed breach-of-contract case, he’ll have to convince a Massachusetts jury to ignore the fact that the company he’s suing bears the name of the most ...

Tagged with: July 31 2012 issue

Depending on how a legal-malpractice lawsuit is won, practitioners say, it is possible to restore a law firm’s good name. Goulston & Storrs fought back late last month against accusations that the Boston firm and three of its partners had ...

Tagged with: July 31 2012 issue

Noted labor and employment attorney Harold L. Lichten was feeling A-OK as he put the finishing touches on his preparations for an oral argument before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Tagged with: June 30 2012 issue

Kenneth Flynn is no lawyer, but he’s not afraid to go toe to toe with them. A construction company owner, Flynn recently found himself jousting with California attorneys representing Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services Inc., better known as JAMS, in ...

Tagged with: June 30 2012 issue

The Department of Labor has launched an effort to increase enforcement actions by its Employee Benefits Security Administration, the agency in charge of administering and enforcing ERISA regulations. The agency saw a record number of enforcement actions in 2011. It ...

Tagged with: May 31 2012 issue