New England Biz Law Update

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.

I am pleased to report ACCA’s effective efforts on an unauthorized practice of law issue considered in New Hampshire. This article was submitted through the New Hampshire membership of the Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. In October ...

Every self-respecting startup harbors dreams of global domination. Turning such modest ambitions into reality requires international sales efforts, cross-border distribution capabilities and, for technology companies, an international patent strategy. Why? Because a patent extends no further than the borders of ...

Drug use costs American businesses billions of dollars annually in lost productivity and health care costs. In response to this crisis, many employers, both public and private, are implementing workplace drug testing programs. While employers regulated by federal law operate ...

By now just about everyone in corporate America has heard about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which was enacted with much fanfare in response to several notable corporate scandals involving large publicly held companies. In general, the Act was passed ...

The new realities of corporate governance have created for in-house lawyers what amounts to a new professional standard.

Companies are going public again (or talking about it), and the initial public offering can again be discussed, without embarrassment, in polite company. A business contemplating an IPO needs to address the composition of its board of directors well in ...

A recent victory for a CFO who was fired after he raised complaints about his company’s accounting practices sends a strong message to in-house counsel on a number of different fronts, employment law experts tell New England In-House. The decision ...

Making a cross-border acquisition work is no small trick, particularly when most of the players involved are Chinese but the transaction is structured to look like a U.S.-style deal for capital markets. “You have two jurisdictions with two very different ...