At Foley Hoag, we understand that resolving disputes in an efficient and productive manner is essential to our clients’ ongoing success. As a result, we explore all aspects of conflict resolution—engaging experts as needed. Our goal is to resolve your pending conflicts quickly, efficiently and in ways that do not deflect your company from the course that you have set. learn more

News more

  • Summer @ Foley Hoag LLPFoley Hoag Launches New Microsite for Law Students as 2009 On-campus Interviews Commence  [Read More]
  • Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers Recognize Foley Hoag  [Read More]
  • Foley Hoag Wins Key Victory for Government of Bolivia in Investor Dispute over Nationalization of Telephone Company Entel  [Read More]
  • Global Bio-Chem Technology Group Company Limited, Foley Hoag LLP, and Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg LLP Prevail in International Trade Commission Patent Infringement Investigation  [Read More]
  • Foley Hoag Adds Noted International Investment and Trade Lawyer Mélida Hodgson to Washington, D.C. Office  [Read More]

Publications more

  • Hatch-Waxman Safe Harbor Inapplicable to Research Tools [Read More]
  • Foley Hoag Secures ITC Victory [Read More]
  • Five Common Employment Law Hazards for Start-Ups [Read More]
  • Follow-on Biologics and Patent Reform [Read More]
  • Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative Signed into Law [Read More]

Events more

September 6, 2008 AIPPI's 41st World Intellectual Property Congress  [Read More] Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
Boston, MA
September 22, 2008 FDA Boot Camp [Read More] Sheraton Boston Hotel
Boston, MA
September 23, 2008 Managing Legal Risks in Structuring & Conducting Clinical Trials  [Read More] Radisson Hotel Boston
Boston, MA
September 25, 2008 ACI: International Clinical Trials [Read More] Radisson Hotel Boston
Boston, MA
October 19, 2008 ACC Annual Meeting '08 [Read More] Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Seattle, WA

Client Successes more

  • Defending and Prosecuting Design-Related Claim
    After successfully defending the Massachusetts Housing Finance Authority from a contractor’s design-related claims in arbitration, Foley Hoag brought a winning summary judgment motion against the project’s designer to enforce a contractual indemnification clause and recoup the lion’s share of the authority’s defense costs. [Read More]
  • Foley Hoag Clears Way for Senior Financial Services Executive
    In one of the few decisions in the country on the enforceability of “garden leave” notice provisions, lawyers in Foley Hoag’s Litigation Department recently secured a favorable outcome for a senior-level financial executive whose former employer sought to block his departure from the company. In a recent ruling by Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, the employer’s motion for a preliminary injunction was denied. Partners Michael Boudett and Michael Rosen represented the client, the former head of the Boston office of Bear Stearns. Bear Stearns alleged that the executive violated his employment contract by failing to give 90-days’ notice before departure and by seeking to persuade clients and staff to follow his move to a competitor. In the ruling, Judge Gorton noted that plaintiff’s allegations of misappropriation of confidential information and interference with contractual and business relationships was unsubstantiated. Further, the Foley Hoag team was successful in proving that Bear Stearns would not be subject to irreparable harm with the departure of this executive. Widely covered by national financial media, the case is now pending before an arbitration panel before the Financial Industry Regulatory Association (FINRA). [Read More]