New England Biz Law Update

The Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel is offering an eight-hour mediation and conciliation training program in connection with its mediation/conciliation program at the Dedham, Mass. and Woburn, Mass. District Courts. Four separate two-hour training sessions are scheduled ...

Judging from a recent string of high-profile settlements, the Securities and Exchange Commission is placing greater importance on corporate cooperation in its investigations, rewarding full cooperation in appropriate circumstances, and more importantly, penalizing the lack of it with steep penalties.1 ...

With attorney-client confidentiality generally, and the privilege specifically, under regular attack, it is refreshing to see the full force of the privilege restored in an area in which it has long been unfairly curtailed. In Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfdahrzeuge GmbH ...

Employee non-competition clauses present a difficult challenge for in-house counsel because judges disfavor them and they are often difficult to enforce. Counsel must decide when to spend sometimes-significant legal fees attempting to enforce such clauses, considering all the underlying facts. ...

Employers sometimes inadvertently create employment contracts. This type of contract is implied by the employer’s actions and is binding on the employer, though it may be difficult to prove. Because an implied employment contract may arise during any communication with ...

Increasing use of defibrillators could mean greater exposure to companies. The author explains how.

Halliburton Co. recently announced its discovery of evidence that in 1995 a consortium it later acquired had considered making payments to Nigerian officials in order to win an energy contract. The announcement, made in a filing with the Securities and ...

The author explains how to keep IP disputes in your "backyard" as a way to control litigation costs.

In a post-Sarbanes-Oxley world it might seem that a company can never disclose too much to its auditors. Unfortunately, caution must be exercised when sharing information with auditors to avoid waiving legal privileges. Courts have long recognized that when accountants ...

The number of securities litigation cases nearly doubled in the third quarter of 2003 compared to the same period during the previous year and remains well above historical averages, according PricewaterhouseCoopers. The 69 cases marked the highest total for a ...