New England Biz Law Update

Sometimes a company’s in-house counsel knows that his or her relationship with a private law firm or lawyer is just not going to work. Maybe the employment contract negotiations were a little off, or the bill had an unexplained charge. Or maybe the outside lawyer’s work seemed blatantly unprofessional.

Lawyers are scrambling to advise businesses about new rules that require them to implement procedures to detect and respond to identity theft.

An appellate court ruling entitling a retired employee of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority to be compensated for unused sick time falls in line with previous decisions by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on issues involving company handbooks and emphasizes the ...

Concerned lawyers and business leaders can breathe a little easier after learning that they have been given an additional five months to comply with sweeping new regulations governing data breaches in Massachusetts. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, ...

State now among more attractive venues in U.S.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s recent decision, Salvas v. Wal-Mart Store, Inc., 452 Mass. 337 (2008), has provided a clarification of class action procedure that may disappoint business defendants and plaintiffs alike. On the one hand, the decision precludes business ...

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, adopted in 1977, prohibits U.S. companies (public or private) from bribing foreign government officials to obtain business. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has civil enforcement powers with which to punish both the act of ...

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E-Verify (formerly the Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program) is an online system operated jointly by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration. Participating employers can check the name, Social Security number and work status of new hires ...