New England Biz Law Update

Let’s face it, outside law firms don’t always deliver the goods. It often boils down this: Too much money for too little service. This isn’t exactly a news flash. But in-house counsel – as purchasers of legal services – should ...

Denise Choquette has joined Gilbane Building Company as senior legal counsel. Prior to joining Gilbane, Choquette was associated with Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP. As counsel at EAPD, she focused on construction cases in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. She ...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently determined that a higher burden of proof applies to employees suing company officials for interfering with their employment status – ruling that an “actual malice” standard is required. A chief financial officer had sued ...

National employers could be affected

While lawyers struggle with the new electronic discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, state courts are facing similar problems. To date, few states have rules in place that directly address e-discovery, and the handful that have adopted ...

The next wave in employment law ... or a misguided effort to legislate niceness?

Employer has burden of showing lack of

Ensconced squarely at the intersection of business and law, in-house attorneys do much more than just direct traffic. The job can be exhilarating, but quite demanding. The balls in the air at any given time are many: Business strategist. Legal ...

New England In-House is proud to introduce its new Board of Editors. These individuals have graciously offered to assist In-House in meeting its editorial mission of providing the most current and useful information to in-house lawyers and corporate counsel throughout ...

Achieving success at mediation often requires an understanding of how the process really works.