New England Biz Law Update

Despite two U.S. Supreme Court opinions urging Congress to do something about it and despite unprecedented efforts to fashion a legislative solution in the 108th Congress, the asbestos personal injury litigation grinds on. The litigation has driven more than 70 ...

When companies hold or plan to hold interests in subsidiaries resident in foreign jurisdictions, appropriate international tax planning is a must. Though some might argue that going abroad can give more than one headache to the client and its counselors, ...

While most in-house counsel know it's now imperative to develop a records retention policy to handle government investigations of alleged corporate wrongdoing and to prevent damaging electronic evidence seeping out in discovery, the really hard part is enforcing the policy so it actually works.

To effectively lower procurement costs and build durable supplier relationships, the author argues that ethical considerations should enter into every transaction.

The past two years have created an increasingly challenging business environment for companies with a market cap of under $200 million. In addition to new regulatory requirements, liabilities, and other legal scrutiny, these companies face fundamental market changes that are driving many to rethink the value of being public.

Whether to file a patent infringement lawsuit is ultimately a business decision of company management. When performing the required cost-benefit analysis, management often will rely heavily upon strategic input from in-house counsel. Recent media reports about enormous jury verdicts often ...

While many dedicated corporate sponsored venture funds have disappeared (at least for now), strategic corporate co-invests in venture deals remain a staple of the biotech, IT and telecom venture investment sectors. In-house counsel for the strategic corporate investor needs to ...

Today more than ever in-house counsel need to be aware of the broader business context in which a license functions, says the author.

Women in-house counsel have a remarkable opportunity to use their purchasing power to change the face of the private law firms they are leaving behind, writes the author.

As in-house counsel, your goal in establishing or brushing-up your company’s “code of conduct” or “code of ethics” should be more than minimum compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley or stock exchange rules. Regardless of whether your company is a publicly traded company, ...