Review of No Man’s Land – A Survival Guide for Growing Midsize Companies by Doug Tatum Portfolio Books 2008 This book is aimed at companies with more than 20 but fewer than 200 employees. I picked it up in the offices of the Association for Corporate Growth. Growing midsize companies are at a pivotal,… Read More »Risks for Growing Middle Sized Companies
Reasonable Attorney’s fees When Insurer Issues a Reservation of Rights
If your insurer sends a "Reservation of Rights" letter, you can choose your own lawyer (not one assigned by the insurance company) and the insurer has to pay the reasonable fees of defending you on covered claims. When suits seek recovery under multiple counts, some may be covered by insurance, some may not. The… Read More »Reasonable Attorney’s fees When Insurer Issues a Reservation of Rights
Punitive award stripped where retaliation but no actual damages found
What kind of retaliatory conduct in employment supports a $1.1M punitive verdict? Not this kind. KIELY v TERADYNE, INC. 85 Mass App Ct 431 (2014) FACTS Kiely worked for Teradyne for decades and her job duties advanced from equipment repair to administrative work. Kiely and two male co-workers were the last of 31… Read More »Punitive award stripped where retaliation but no actual damages found
Project Counsel Governed by 3rd Party Neutral Rules?
Massachusetts updated its rules for lawyers in March 2014. How would such rules govern Project Counsel on an IPD project engaged to meld the parties without representing any one of them? I expect the "3rd Party Neutral" rules would, well... rule. A lawyer in that role, would "assist 2 or more persons who are not… Read More »Project Counsel Governed by 3rd Party Neutral Rules?
Massachusetts top Court issued a much awaited decision Coughlin Electric v Gilbane Building Co ruling on construction contracting methods and the scope of duty between Owners/ Designers and Construction Managers under the relatively new Construction Manager at Risk arrangement. New contracting methods involve the builder sooner, during the design process. The Court had to allocate… Read More »Owner Warrants Some Design Adequacy to CM At Risk
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