New England Biz Law Update

Too often, a company loses a preliminary injunction motion to enforce a non-compete agreement because of mistakes made when it drafted the non-compete. Spending tens of thousands of dollars to get to the hearing is an expensive way to find out that your non-compete is not as enforceable as you hoped.

Securities fraud plaintiffs could not revive time-barred claims under the extended statute of limitations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. A three-judge panel of the court rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that they could ...

With all kinds of personal data increasingly being stored and transmitted electronically, people increasingly fear that more and more information about their personal lives is accessible to more and more people. These breaches of privacy can range from an analysis ...

It didn't take long for dozens of corporate counsel at large companies to sign onto a recent "Call To Action" urging them to pressure outside counsel on diversity hiring and retention campaigns, with many on board before the final version went out in August. But unlike earlier initiatives that simply sought a commitment to diversity from outside counsel, this pledge promises to yank business from outside law firms that do not make diversity progress and give it to those that do.

The Workers’ Compensation system was adopted in Massachusetts in 1912 to address the growing number of industrial accidents occurring in the workplace. The courts in Massachusetts were experiencing a significant increase in the number of lawsuits filed on behalf of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court justices will consider in the current session what some attorneys have called the biggest criminal cases in a generation – two rulings that question the constitutionality of the federal sentencing guidelines, which could impact white-collar criminal ...

In keeping with their mission of advocacy, pro bono work, and funding for charitable causes, the Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel not only conducted mediation training, but also awarded a charitable grant in the past quarter. Pro ...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, 440 Mass. 309 (2003), has not only created a political hornet’s nest, but has produced many groundbreaking legal issues. Prominent among them are questions concerning how the ...

Ask the Coach appears regularly in New England In-House. Two expert executive coaches, Dr. Lew Stern and Linda Lerner, share their thoughts and ideas in answering your questions on complex management and leadership issues and difficult work situations. We are ...

Are you an old-fashioned "paper-full" office, like the imaginary nascent company described below, or has your company reached a "paper-free" haven where every tree is your friend and Blackberry is not a fruit? Most likely, you’re in between. Where you ...