New England Biz Law Update

Many high-profile data security breaches have cropped up over the last couple of years. Since 2005, organizations such as ChoicePoint, Inc., BJ’s Wholesale Club, The Boston Globe, DSW and the Veterans Administration have reported losing consumers’ personal information because of ...

Reports of data theft are on the rise, and whether the actual number of incidences has been rising, we are hearing about it more and more. Publicly announcing the loss or theft of sensitive data – a circumstance that has been coined a “CNN moment” – has become a common nightmare for many corporate officers.

A new statement issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) could significantly impact how assets, including intangible assets, are valued, and will require companies to significantly overhaul their current valuation procedures. The policy – known as Statement of Financial ...

As reported in the July issue of New England In-House, the Securities and Exchange Commission and PCAOB in June approved a new guidance designed to improve company and auditor assessments of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting under ...

In the wake of the new Guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB’s new Auditing Standard No. 5, there has been much debate as to whether these changes provide useful guidance, will result in cost savings, ...

It is no mean feat to keep track of all the legal developments affecting your company’s employment policies or employee handbook. Updating the employee handbook is a task that is forever being put off as a result. However, it’s critical ...

As all types of business records continue an inevitable migration from analog to digital form, many problems and questions will arise for in-house counsel. One issue relates to research and development efforts. A critical decision a company must make is ...

When selecting a trademark, clients and their trademark attorneys and clients frequently have a debate. On the one side, attorneys strongly encourage clients to select arbitrary or fanciful marks for their goods or services, while clients commonly look to suggestive ...

Our seminar schedule this fall has a “back to school” flavor. Our first program of the new “school year” – “Back to School: ACC’s Annual Update of Critical Developments” – was sponsored by Foley Hoag LLP. Our second program was ...

Over 25 years ago, seven in-house lawyers began to meet informally over lunch to discuss issues in common to their respective in-house practices. The New England Corporate Counsel Association, Inc. was born, and from its modest beginnings, NECCA has grown ...