New England Biz Law Update

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 ...

How many legal departments employ best-in-class procurement practices when retaining the assistance of counsel? Probably not many, since very few inside lawyers consider themselves to be in the procurement business. This article will challenge traditional notions of the role of ...

The Bush Administration’s proposal to repeal the individual income tax on dividends is an attempt to address a serious policy need in our tax system, namely, the integration of the individual and the corporate tax systems. Should Congress pass into ...