From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Bear Not Entirely Without Tooth and Claw

March 31, 2008

Recognizing that the Massachusetts Suffolk Business Litigation Session (BLS) is an unreceptive venue for securities firms attempting to enforce restrictive coveneants against former employees, Bear Stearns has sued the former Executive Director of its Private Client Services Group in Federal District Court in Boston. The employee, a 20 year veteran of Bear Stearns, fled to

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But on the other hand ….

March 12, 2008

In contast to the Suffolk Business Litigation noncompete cases discussed below, in National Engineering v. Grogan Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Maureen B. Hogan, sitting in Middlesex County, enforced a six month noncompete provision between a recruiting and staffing firm, and its former employee, Travis Grogan. The heart of Judge Hogan’s decision is as follows: Other

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Smith Barney/Citigroup: Darn, Foiled Again!

March 11, 2008

Albert Einstein once said that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” By this measure, Smith Barney has a problem. In a recent case decided by Judge Gants in the Suffolk Business Litigation Session, Smith Barney sought a preliminary injunction against Michelle Griffin, who had

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Judge Young's Decision in the Situation Management Copyright Case

March 5, 2008

Many lawyers in Massachusetts would agree that Massachusetts Federal District Court Judge William Young is one of the most erudite judges in the district. Yet, he has written relatively few copyright law decisions in his 23 years on the federal bench. A Westlaw search shows that he has authored fewer than ten substantive copyright decisions.

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