New England Biz Law Update

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 ...

A department store could not be held liable for failing to accommodate a diabetic sales associate’s request to work only a midday shift, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a split decision. The defendant employer argued ...

A $2 million jury verdict holding a manufacturer of plastic film products liable for breaching a settlement agreement with a broker has been upheld by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals even though the broker waited almost two years ...

In this special section, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly and New England In-House celebrate the accomplishments of our 2015 In-House Leaders in the Law. Click here to read the full special section.          

An employee who was fired for timecard violations that he claimed were reported to management out of retaliatory animus could not sue his employer under a “cat’s paw” theory of liability, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. ...