CFAA – Confidentially Yours or Mine?

Confidentially, how good is your NDA –  the Non-Disclosure Agreement you have your employees sign periodically? For the time being, it appears better to be in New England to protect your private data where the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld legal protections under federal law. In the Pacific Northwest –  the 9th […]

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Shareholders and Trade Restrictions

Have you heard about Demoulas Super Markets (DSM) interesting family litigation? While many people know of its stores, few know that DSM has been a significant source of Massachusetts’ corporate laws about shareholder disputes. * The history of the family litigation reads like some TV courtroom drama, with a greedy uncle taking advantage of his […]

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The VPA: Asset Protections Part II

In the first of our two-part series, we talked about certain protections for profit corporations.* Today we review the considerably greater protections for volunteers, including volunteer officers and directors serving non-profit, charitable corporations under the VPA. The doctrine of the Corporate Shield (or Veil) protects those owning interests in for profit Corporations, and those in […]

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