There are many diverse, talented and dedicated people in our chapter, and this issue we feature Catherine V. Mannick. Don’t let her humble demeanor, and ever-ready, friendly smile fool you. This attorney is a powerhouse of education, experience and achievement. ...
Read More »Making Sure Your Company Gets Paid By Financially Distressed Customers
In-house counsel can play a critical role in making sure their companies get paid by financially distressed customers before a bankruptcy filing. The key? Act quickly and decisively at the first whiff of trouble.
Read More »Mass. Experimental Business Litigation Session Grows, But New Counties Slow To Join
Despite the recent announcement that the Massachusetts Superior Court business litigation session would expand to accept cases arising in Essex, Middlesex and Norfolk counties, the court has no plans to physically hold sessions in those counties. Court officials recently announced ...
Read More »What CEOs Really Think Of Outside Counsel
Business executives are the “plum” clients that private practitioners will climb over each other to get. In smaller companies, these executives often drive decisions to hire law firms. And in larger companies they hire in-house lawyers and frequently make or ...
Read More »Facing An Internal Investigation: A Primer
The recent falls of Enron, Arthur Andersen, and WorldCom highlight the increasing corporate liability for employee misconduct. This liability, in turn, emphasizes the importance of internal investigations of possible corporate misdeeds. If properly executed, an internal investigation allows a corporation ...
Read More »Is Your Corporate Identity at Risk? How To Protect Against Cyberpiracy
As the Internet opens the door to a global economy, your corporate identity is more vulnerable than ever before. You can remain a step ahead of would-be infringers and ever-bolder global pirates, in the U.S. and abroad, with a proactive, ...
Read More »Two Recent Deals Highlight Focus On 'Strategic' Mergers
The deal made sense from its inception. In February 2002, two software companies decided to partner at the suggestion of their shared big-name clients — and ended up merging nine months later, closing the fifth largest private software transaction worldwide ...
Read More »New 'Creative' Partnership Could Improve Detection, Treatment Of Cancer
Question: What do a Swiss pharmaceutical company, a German biotech and a Boston law firm all have in common? Answer: a recent transaction with the potential to surpass EUR100 million (Euro dollars) in value — currently in excess of $108 ...
Read More »Teaming Inside And Outside Counsel To Effectively Manage Risk
If ever there was an overused phrase, it is risk management. It suggests that risk, chance and happenstance are things that are managed or controlled by some higher power of reason or divine inspiration. For those of us who have ...
Read More »Delaware: The Black Hole of Corporate Reform
Corporate reform is the mantra of policymakers in the wake of the massive corporate fraud scandals of the past couple of years. Numerous proposals have been discussed in Congress and the media to address the widespread corruption perpetrated by corporate ...
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