New England Biz Law Update

In the October 2003 SEC Watch, I outlined proposed Securities and Exchange Commission amendments requiring proxy disclosure of nominating committee practices, and establishing procedures for shareholder communications with the board of directors. In November 2003, the SEC adopted the proposed ...

Employers continue to struggle with issues related to the privacy of employee medical records. Although the new federal privacy rule (Privacy Rule) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) does not regulate businesses in their capacity ...

Careful pre-arbitration planning by in-house counsel can play a pivotal role in reining in litigation costs in complex commercial cases.

The practice of recruiting, and actually hiring, the most qualified candidate for a job should be one that is painstakingly undertaken by employers. When interviewing candidates, employers should pay particular attention to objective criteria such as previous work history, education ...

The Madrid Protocol. It sounds like a spy novel, but it is actually an international treaty that facilitates trademark protection in most of the world’s major economies. As of Nov. 2, 2003, the United States became one of some 60 ...

Despite two U.S. Supreme Court opinions urging Congress to do something about it and despite unprecedented efforts to fashion a legislative solution in the 108th Congress, the asbestos personal injury litigation grinds on. The litigation has driven more than 70 ...

When companies hold or plan to hold interests in subsidiaries resident in foreign jurisdictions, appropriate international tax planning is a must. Though some might argue that going abroad can give more than one headache to the client and its counselors, ...

While most in-house counsel know it's now imperative to develop a records retention policy to handle government investigations of alleged corporate wrongdoing and to prevent damaging electronic evidence seeping out in discovery, the really hard part is enforcing the policy so it actually works.

On Nov. 6, 2003, the Boston office of Foley Hoag hosted the Association of Corporate Counsel America (ACCA) Northeast Chapter Annual Conference. With more than 150 people in attendance, including members from both the Northeast and Connecticut Chapters and several ...

To effectively lower procurement costs and build durable supplier relationships, the author argues that ethical considerations should enter into every transaction.