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New Associations Martha Born has joined Biogen Idec, Inc. in Cambridge, Mass. as chief litigation counsel. Mary Clare Decker has been named chief legal officer and director of human resources at Injured Workers Pharmacy in Methuen, Mass. Martin C. Dunn ...

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Family responsibilities bias claims on the upswing

As the number of cases alleging family responsibilities bias continues to rise, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently issued guidelines addressing this emerging area of employment law.

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Federal judge: Summary judgments threaten civil rights

Employer-side attorneys are refuting a federal judge’s recent claim that a rise in summary-judgment decisions in employment cases is threatening the system of judicial protections for civil rights. U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Gertner – the keynote speaker at the ...

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Last-minute evidence earns exec $5M verdict

Lawyers who recently won a $5 million jury verdict in a breach-of-contract suit in the Massachusetts Business Litigation Session say their case was bolstered when the defense changed its strategy on the eve of trial, making available crucial evidence that ...

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Supreme Court curtails Title VII pay claims

In a controversial 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently limited the amount of time an employee can file a pay discrimination claim under Title VII.

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SEC targets capital formation reform

Last year the Security and Exchange Commission’s Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies proposed sweeping changes in two areas – SOX 404 and capital formation. Who would have guessed that the capital formation proposals would end up as the revolutionary ...

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Options backdating investigations offer lessons for future government probes

Phew! It appears the wave has crested on those pesky (and expensive) options backdating investigations. But before we bid farewell to the government investigation de jour, it is worth spending a few minutes to reflect on what can be learned ...

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