Foley Hoag’s Business Department provides comprehensive legal services to a broad range of clients. We develop relationships with our clients so we understand their business goals and challenges. This allows us to use our experience and legal skills to add value to our clients’ enterprises. We counsel corporate decision-makers, and support them in their efforts to enhance profitability and organizational effectiveness. We seek to achieve solutions that achieve our clients’ goals in a creative cost-effective manner, even when that means finding outcomes that do not fit conventional or established forms. learn more

News more

  • On the Agenda: Law and the Environment, Financing Growth, and Non-Competes—Foley Hoag Launches Three New Blogs  [Read More]
  • Foley Hoag Economic Crisis Team
    Now’s the Time:
    Foley Hoag Forms Economic Crisis Team  [Read More]
  • Foley Hoag Congratulates Advanced Electron Beams for Next Round of Financing  [Read 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]

Publications more

  • USCIS Requires Federal Contractors to Use New E-Verify System [Read More]
  • State Extends Deadline for Compliance With Data Security Regulations Until May 1, 2009 [Read More]
  • Business Crimes Alert - November 19, 2008 [Read More]
  • Tips for Planning Reductions in Force [Read More]
  • Q&A Series: Dealmaking, Corporate Finance [Read More]

Events more

December 2, 2008 Tech Talk Tuesday {T3}: The War for Clean Tech Talent [Read More] Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
Waltham, MA
December 2, 2008 Life Sciences Presentation: A Call to Arms - Data Standards in Collaborative Research [Read More] Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
Waltham, MA
December 2, 2008 Recruiting and Career Management [Read More] Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
Waltham, MA
December 3, 2008 TCN Breakfast Roundtable" Angel Group & Venture Capital Term Sheets [Read More] Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
Waltham, MA
December 3, 2008 December 2008 Forum: Expert Panels, Advisory Boards and User Groups - Using Key Opinion Leaders to Help Achieve Business Goals [Read More] Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
Waltham, MA

Client Successes 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]
  • Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition
    We serve as general counsel to the Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition, helping this dynamic organization on such matters as incorporation, entity selection and tax strategy. [Read More]