Employers cannot restrict a former employee’s ability to compete just because a contract says everything is confidential.

The SEC adopted an expansion pf the definition of “accredited investor”. It permits a greater number of investors to participate.

Discovering and understanding fraud is complicated and time consuming. This court used two doctrines to extend the time for plaintiff to sue

Accommodating workplace operations for the future raises the question of implications for critical data security and information governance.

Healthcare is a significant portion of the U.S. economy and will be so for the foreseeable future. National health expenditures are...

The Supreme Court has ruled that the SEC can seek disgorgement as an equitable remedy in cases under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934....

The owner of three residential properties died after signing an exclusive right-to-sell agreement with a real estate agency. Her estate...

There are good reasons for dividing some arbitrations. There are dangers, however. Courts have provided varying results when there is more t

Joining a global trend, Brazil has enacted an omnibus law governing the use of personal data, the LGPD.

The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act (CFAA) prohibits accessing a computer without authorization. It is violated when a person circumvents a...

A 1968 decision has been consistently argued to terminate old noncompete agreements. A court has ruled that not every job change will cause

The federal trademark law was passed in 1946. Through the 1980s an order telling and infringer to stop was the preferred way to end trademar

Allowing employees to work from home and use their personal emails for business, the firm created a cyber-security risk.

The Massachusetts Supreme Court announced that transfer of title or possession is not required to find that a taxable event occurred.

A Massachusetts federal court judge dismissed Wage Act claims brought against individuals for lack of jurisdiction.

Limited liability companies are the most popular entity structure for new businesses. As a result , the law applicable to limited...

This decision is one of the first to explicitly hold that Facebook pages can be public forums, laying down an important marker that freedom

Many things will never be the same after COVID-19. Employees will spend less time at an office. Employees working remotely will use more...

High-profile breaches have affected millions of customers and employees. They have created major losses to businesses through direct...

The Massachusetts Supreme Court has issued a broad decision immunizing volunteer directors to Massachusetts nonprofits from liability and...