New England Biz Law Update

Your company has developed new software and is eager to place it in the market. Management asks you as in-house counsel to create a license agreement that protects the company’s interests fully. Where to start? Paul Cohen, general counsel of ...

Some have suggested that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic has abated. Others still express concern. Whether SARS is on the wane or not, it is important for employers to address international health issues as they affect their employees. ...

Consider this possible litigation scenario: You are general counsel to a New England company, assisting it in dealing with a poorly-performing employee who responds to warnings about his work by claiming that the “sick” building in which he works affects ...

The opportunity to step out of the legal arena and into the deal-making side is very attractive to many in-house lawyers, but some experts warn strongly against an active role in business development.

If you thought you were safe from the craziness of California employment law just because you don’t have any employees there — think again. Welcome to the second edition of this column. For those of you who missed the introduction ...

Corporate governance is becoming more and more complex, requiring corporate secretaries to maintain accurate legal records for a rapidly expanding number of business entities under the parent company. And publicly traded corporations are subject to new and more complex government ...

The SEC is looking to make major amendments to the proxy statement disclosure rules.

Nothing is worse than putting a bad standard form contract on the table after the business people have been working together for weeks or months, building a relationship based on common goals and trust. Each day, they have strengthened this ...

A recent federal appellate ruling against the manufacturer of a well-known brand of golf balls in favor of a company that reconditioned and sold the golf balls clearly demonstrates the limits to the exclusivity a trademark owner may command against ...

In addition to the Northeast Chapter’s very active program schedule in the region, we are part of the larger national organization (American Corporate Counsel Association) that does, among other things, interesting policy work for in-house counsel. ACCA National has been ...