New England Biz Law Update

There has been an uptick in class actions over employment screening practices that use consumer reports as grounds for making decisions about job applicants or employees.

Tagged with: Feb. 29 2012 issue

With more attention being given to corporate rule-breaking and stronger laws supporting those who report it, employment lawyers are seeing more workers claiming that they lost their jobs because they complained about wrongdoing in the workplace.

Tagged with: Feb. 29 2012 issue

A Massachusetts resident who was injured when his ski binding broke on a mountain in Utah could bring a products-liability suit in the commonwealth against the French company that made the binding, a Superior Court judge has ruled.

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue

At recent oral arguments, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tried to determine whether emotional distress constitutes “actual damages” under the federal Privacy Act. Their decision on the issue will determine whether a pilot can sue government agencies for ...

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue

Although an accusation of workplace discrimination can do serious damage to a company’s reputation, the claim that an employer illegally retaliated against a former employee can really cost it in the courtroom.

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue

A plan administrator could not terminate an employee’s long-term disability benefits despite covert surveillance video showing the employee driving, walking, jogging, bending over, flying a kite and lifting her 3-year-old child, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue

A recent decision from the Federal Circuit may make it easier for suits against companies incorporated in Delaware to be transferred outside the state.

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue

Click here to view a follow-up story, “Vindication for (H)all,” from the November 2012 issue of New England In-House. The law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart is accustomed to putting up a good fight from the counsel table in Boston’s ...

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue

Update: The plaintiff in this case subsequently stipulated to a voluntary dismissal, with prejudice. She stated that she had learned during discovery that the facts were different from what she initially believed, and therefore she disavowed all claims and recitations ...

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue

One of the most contentious years in the National Labor Relations Board’s history ended amid controversy, and now the New Year has begun with a brand new political hailstorm that could spell more confusion and uncertainty for labor attorneys.

Tagged with: Jan. 30 2012 issue