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Patent trials are a major undertaking with millions of dollars at stake and complex technology to sort through, so a blunder by an attorney presenting the case to jurors can be devastating. Here are some of the biggest mistakes attorneys make during patent trials and how to avoid them. Get Lost Continue Reading

Employment lawyers throughout Greater Boston anticipate they'll rack up plenty of billable hours helping clients comply with the Obama administration's new overtime-pay rule, which some believe will lead to a wave of suits in Massachusetts courts. Massachusetts law calls for particularly tough Continue Reading

​A Philadelphia judge has urged the state Superior Court to affirm a $500,000 verdict awarded last year to a man who allegedly suffered excess growth of breast tissue as a result of taking the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. The case presents the first chance for a state appeals court to address Continue Reading

Whether you’re an experienced general litigator or a freshly minted trademark associate, taking a case before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board for the first time can be a daunting task. Here are five tips to avoid making easy mistakes — from experts who’ve seen Continue Reading

​The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday found a defendant doesn't need to obtain a favorable judgment on the merits of a Title VII claim to be a prevailing party, but declined to decide if the EEOC must pay $4.7 million in attorneys' fees. Here, attorneys tell Law360 why the new rule is Continue Reading

​Small business owners in Connecticut say there are both pros and cons of doing business in the state. On one hand, they enjoy a close proximity to major cities such as New York and Boston, as well as access to a highly skilled workforce and a favorable labor market. Perhaps most important, Continue Reading

More than 4 million workers nationwide - many in the restaurant and retail industries - will become eligible for overtime pay under new rules issued Wednesday by the federal Department of Labor. Under the new rules, first released in draft form last summer, the annual salary threshold at which Continue Reading

Massachusetts businesses should take special care to comply with the Obama administration’s sweeping new overtime-pay regulations, lawyers say, because the penalties they face for failing to do so are more severe than they are in other states. The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled regulations Continue Reading

​More than 4 million workers will be eligible to earn overtime pay under new regulations set to be announced Wednesday by the Department of Labor, which is doubling the salary cap at which workers are exempt from overtime. The new limit for salaried employees to earn overtime when working more Continue Reading

Christopher Mayer, partner at the Newark, N.J.-based law firm McCarter and English, calls the rules "big news," part of Obama's broader plan to use U.S. Labor Department rules and enforcement to increase net pay and wage levels. Companies will have to track workers' hours more closely to make sure Continue Reading