Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc., a recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, has already generated a significant amount of attention, mostly as a result of the SJC’s broad construction of G.L.c. 93, §105(a), the consumer privacy statute governing ...

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The NASDAQ marketplace is home to many emerging companies. Lacking the size of New York Stock Exchange companies, NASDAQ companies nonetheless have been pushed by federal regulation into a regulatory environment parallel to that of NYSE-listed companies.

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Massachusetts recently became one of a number of states to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Regulations issued by the Department of Public Health went into effect May 24, enabling individuals to register to use medical marijuana.

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An employer could not enforce a mandatory arbitration provision included in its handbook to block a lawsuit by an employee who claimed she suffered retaliation after requesting maternity leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, a U.S. District Court ...

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A corporate benefits department abused its discretion when it denied a worker’s claim for continued benefits under a long-term disability income plan without addressing substantial evidence that she was disabled, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled. The plan administrator ...

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The employment bar was roiled last year when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that a company policy requiring employees to keep interviews related to internal investigations confidential violated federal labor law. But since then, the agency has been informally ...

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A securities fraud complaint should not have been dismissed, as the allegations by the plaintiff investors were sufficient to show a causal connection between the defendants’ material misrepresentations and a 20 percent drop in share price that followed a chief ...

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The Massachusetts Superior Court’s Business Litigation Session is about to receive a crash course on federal patent law. The court, created in 2000 to give litigants the opportunity to have complex business disputes handled with special attention outside the traditional ...

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Leave it to a lawyer to actually read those pesky permission slips kids bring home that require a parent’s signature.

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Attorneys skeptical of whether writing blogs and newsletters is worth their time had their heads turned at a recent Lawyers Weekly In-House Counsel Breakfast, when one of the panelists revealed that general counsel not only look at such materials, but ...

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