Where a securities fraud complaint against a manufacturer of medical devices was dismissed, the dismissal order must be affirmed, as the statements forming the basis for the complaint were either not false or misleading or were made without the necessary ...

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In finding that an insurance company did not have a duty to defend a policyholder accused of polluting a Superfund site, a U.S. District Court erred by considering only the timing of the policyholder’s alleged polluting activities, as Rhode Island ...

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A defendant employer did not violate the Family and Medical Leave Act by terminating the plaintiff’s employment after she had exhausted 12 weeks of medical leave.

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Where a defendant employer was awarded summary judgment on age discrimination claims asserted by plaintiffs who had been discharged as sales representatives, no reversal is warranted, as the defendant produced evidence to show that the discharges were performance-based. Cameron, et ...

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New Hampshire has enacted legislation requiring employers to provide applicants and employees with any required “non-compete” or “non-piracy” agreement before or at the time an offer of employment, or an offer of change in job classification, is made to the ...

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Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office has used the Massachusetts False Claims Act to recover significant funds for the state, its subdivisions and municipalities in these tight fiscal times.

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Whether you’re in-house or in private practice, marketing yourself and your abilities should be a constant process throughout your career.

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A series of emails between a buyer and seller of real estate containing the material terms of an offer to purchase and indicating an acceptance of those terms was sufficient to create a binding contract, a Superior Court judge in ...

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A federal appellate court victory secured by a Boston law firm will make it much more difficult for future plaintiffs to prove a defendant willfully infringed on a patent.

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Before the proverbial ink had dried on the online job posting of a newly created virtual law firm, more than 125 Massachusetts lawyers had submitted their resumes.

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