IN-HOUSE WITH … Joshua S. Goodman of Digitas
Joshua S. Goodman joined Digitas’ legal department in 2001 with five years of big-firm corporate experience — at Boston’s Goodwin Procter — under his belt and a year-long stint helping a high-tech startup go public before the dot-com bubble burst.Latest News
Class action ruling gives defense bar more good news
The U.S. Supreme Court’s first ruling addressing the Class Action Fairness Act is the latest bit of good news from Washington for the class action defense bar.Preemption at issue in generic drug manufacturer case
Deciding where the preemptive effect of federal rules governing drug manufacturing ends and states’ ability to impose liability on drug makers begins has never been an easy task — not even for the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.Hospital can be sued for ‘credentialing’ physician
A hospital could be sued for its alleged negligence in granting a physician credentials to practice medicine at the facility, a Superior Court judge in Worcester, Mass., has ruled.Fired salesman can sue over unpaid commission
An insurance salesman could sue his former employer under the Massachusetts Wage Act for failing to pay him “discretionary” commissions he claimed he earned before he was given notice of his termination, a U.S. District Court judge in Boston has determined.
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All in a week’s work
For most lawyers, filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court and publishing a novel within the span of six days — as Bingham McCutchen partner P. Sabin Willett recently did — would qualify as the biggest week of their career.Suit against Bobby Orr back on litigation track
STATUS CONFERENCE Updating a case previously reported in Lawyers Weekly The parties Plaintiff Jiri Poner is a Czech national, who makes his living as a hockey talent consultant. Defendant Bobby Orr Hockey Group is a sports agency that happens to bear the name of the greatest player ever to lace up a pair of skates [...]
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Who owns your social media account and connections?
Corporate tweeters or bloggers — employees who post promotional and often entertaining commentary on behalf of their employers’ businesses — add much of their own personal brand — their voice, their opinions, their snarky remarks — to the information they are disseminating on the company’s behalf.
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