New England Biz Law Update

Who knew a simple T-shirt could wreck such havoc? Gronk Nation LLC is a charitable corporation run by New England Patriots star tight end Rob Gronkowski and his fellow NFL-playing brothers, Dan and Chris. Sully’s Tees LLC is a Peabody, ...

D’Angelo & Hashem, a law firm that has represented employees in disputes with their employers, and partner Saba B. Hashem found themselves the target of one such lawsuit when former secretary and receptionist Jennifer Carrion sued the North Andover, Massachusetts, ...

An insurance company could not terminate an information technology analyst’s long-term disability benefits without assessing the physical and cognitive demands of his occupation, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided. The insurer found the appellant analyst no longer ...

The Appeals Court has overturned a Superior Court ruling that set aside a $1.2 million jury verdict awarded to a nurse who claimed Massachusetts General Hospital retaliated against her for taking time off  under the Family and Medical Leave Act. ...

In a decision that may cost them millions, two Marblehead businessmen have been found to have breached their fiduciary duty to a former partner and the cell-tower company they started together, while also willfully violating G.L.c. 93A in their dealings ...

An insurance carrier that was sued under the personal injury protection statute by physical therapists for refusing to pay for treatment they had provided to injured policyholders could not force the providers to submit to examinations under oath in conjunction ...

Internet entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have won a motion for summary judgment in a multi-million-dollar Facebook-related lawsuit resulting from a soured collaboration. To reach the decision, Superior Court Judge Thomas P. Billings created a small rift of his own ...

A biotech company that claimed an employee stole trade secrets from it and then took them to a competitor was not entitled to a forensic search of all the computer devices used by the new employer’s personnel, a Superior Court ...

The New England Legal Foundation held its first annual John G.L. Cabot Award Dinner at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. The evening’s guest of honor was Jay B. Stephens, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of the Raytheon ...

A defendant corporation that actively litigated its former CEO’s lawsuit for six months could not then compel arbitration after its motion to dismiss was denied in part, a Superior Court judge in Massachusetts has found. The defendant, Arctic Sand Technologies ...