New England Biz Law Update

A U.S. District Court jury recently returned a defense verdict in favor of Number Nine Visual Technology Corp., a pioneer developer of high-end video graphics accelerators. The plaintiff, KA Investments LDC, a hedge fund affiliated with Knight Trading Group, Inc., ...

Employers need to be aware of the potential liability for retaliating against whistleblowers who come forward with complaints of financial irregularities under Sarbanes-Oxley, according to the author.

The ever-present need for in-house counsel to deliver value to their companies has become magnified of late as concerns over corporate liability become more and more acute in the sluggish economy.

Below are summaries of important opinions affecting in-house attorneys issued by the U.S. Supreme Court and the 1st and 2nd U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals from January through March 2003. Readers can access the full text of the opinions at ...

The SEC has been especially active lately.

Who gets the attractive GC jobs? And how?

As in-house counsel, you do everything to avoid disputes with customers, suppliers and staff. But are you also doing everything to resolve the unavoidable disputes? No one wants to waste resources on conflict with employees, key suppliers or customers, yet ...