New England Biz Law Update

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just when do employers have to worry about the new HIPAA privacy rules?

With one in 10 Americans born in another country, and 12 percent of the U. S. workforce composed of immigrants, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last December issued a “guidance” on national origin discrimination, which provides instructions for investigating and ...

Patrick J. King, who recently stepped down from the Massachusetts Superior Court, has joined a nationwide ADR firm, JAMS. King, 61, served 14 years on the Superior Court (1989-2003) and 12 on the Boston Housing Court (1977-1989). During his tenure ...