New England Biz Law Update

Your organization recently terminated a high-ranking employee, had a dispute with a major customer, or learned about an accident involving one of its products. Did you know that lawyers for the fired employee, the angry former customer, or the accident ...

Should a court grant an injunction to a company that can demonstrate that a former employee - who didn't sign a non-competition agreement - will nonetheless inevitably use or disclose the company's trade secrets to a competitor?

James E. Bowers, former vice president of corporate compliance at Aetna, has joined Day, Berry & Howard to lead that firm’s new Compliance Risk Services group, an interdisciplinary group of lawyers addressing compliance programs and compliance risk management issues as ...

If you are the general counsel of a small or medium size company in an unregulated industry, you may think risk management is an interesting topic, but that it isn’t a critical issue in your industry. This may not be ...

Massachusetts recently enacted a new Business Corporations Act, the first major overhaul of the law governing business since the statute was enacted over a century ago.

Below are summaries of important opinions affecting in-house attorneys issued by the U.S. Supreme Court, 1st and 2nd Circuits and Delaware Court of Chancery from late January 2004 through early April 2004. Readers can access the full text of the ...

Employers should be reminded by counsel, from time to time, that the best way to avoid an OSHA violation is to adequately prepare for OSHA inspections before they occur. This will include a review of all training policies, training records ...

Innocent horseplay or minor employee misconduct are common occurrences even in the most well run organizations. But how an organization deals with employee misconduct can mean the difference between a “tight ship” and a very expensive lawsuit. Every manager has ...

With signs pointing to an imminent surge in mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings, experts say in-house counsel should be well-prepared far in advance to play a lead role in preparing their companies for these transactions.

While being a good corporate citizen may sound like a touchy-feely concept, some experts say it could very well boost the bottom line - and is something that in-house counsel should make the "business case" for adopting. The role of in-house counsel in helping a company adopt a corporate social responsibility process is twofold: drafting a formal policy, and crafting a program that blends company "values" and business strategies.