New England Biz Law Update

Local securities lawyers say a 2nd Circuit ruling defines for the first time the meaning of “domestic transaction” under a test laid out by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark 2010 Morrison, et al. v. National Australia Bank Ltd., ...

Tagged with: May 31 2012 issue

A Massachusetts three private-jet charter flight salesmen from soliciting customers from their previous employer Superior Court judge has held that a non-compete, non-solicitation clause barred.

Tagged with: May 31 2012 issue

The fallout from the firing of Henry C. Suominen Jr. has stretched across eight years, producing a lawsuit, a jury trial, an appeal and a second jury trial.

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue

State employees seeking to file suit under the Family and Medical Leave Act’s self-care provision face an unlikely future after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue

The cyber attacks that the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 cautions against might sound like the plot of a new “Mission Impossible” movie, but for in-house lawyers at a wide variety of companies, such concerns soon might be unavoidable.

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue

A certified nursing assistant who received workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained at work was not a qualified handicapped person under Massachusetts’ Chapter 151B because she failed to prove she could perform the essential functions of her job with or ...

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue

Lawyers have seen an uptick in people reporting employers, financial companies or high-worth individuals for ripping off the U.S. Treasury.

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue

For years, technology experts and attorneys have been predicting the rise of computer-assisted coding and review for electronic discovery.

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue

Employers and business groups won a partial victory in federal court earlier this month with a ruling that invalidated the portion of a controversial National Labor Relations Board rule that makes failure to post notice of employees’ rights under the ...

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue

Because an in-house attorney who met with a management employee about a sexual harassment allegation did not make clear that he was not representing that employee, he could not later disclose the substance of the meeting to company management or ...

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue