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The Foley Hoag Foundation 2007 Annual Report Jun 3, 2008 eBook Download

SUMMARY

Established in December 1980 by the partners of law firm Foley Hoag, The Foley Hoag Foundation is a private foundation that seeks to combat racism, especially among youth, in the City of Boston. The Foundation awards grants to organizations working to improve the racial climate in Boston by addressing issues of diversity and racism. Grantee organizations achieve their goals through a variety of means, including arts and cultural activities, youth leadership and recreational programs. Other grantees provide advocacy assistance, enabling individuals to confront racism through legal or political action. Some grantee organizations work to prepare young children to live in the reality of a multicultural society, others engage teens, and a few target a primarily adult constituency.

The Foley Hoag Foundation was the first—and remains the only— foundation to focus exclusively on the improvement of race relations in Boston. The trustees are fortunate to have the unqualified endorsement of Foley Hoag, which has provided an enormous amount of financial, administrative and moral support.

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SEC Proposes Plain English Narrative Disclosure Amendment to Part 2 of Form ADV Feb 13, 2008 Jeffrey D. Collins, Peter M. Rosenblum Alert

The Foley Adviser - February 13, 2008

SUMMARY

On February 13, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) proposed rule amendments requiring investment advisers to prepare and deliver to clients and prospective clients a narrative brochure written in plain English. The brochure would be made available to the general public through the SEC sponsored Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website. The SEC is proposing amendments to Part 2 of the Form ADV and related rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

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Intellectual Property Brochure Dec 21, 2007 Brochure Download

Driving Business Advantage

SUMMARY

To succeed in today’s technology-driven world, every companymust maximize the strategic value of its intellectual property.At Foley Hoag, we use our technical expertise and deepexperience to enhance the power of your technology globally.Claims to exclusive ownership of a process, design or productraise complex issues. In today’s global marketplace, conflictshave increased—making intellectual property managementa top priority for successful companies. We will help you:

  • Implement a strategy to protect and expand your intellectual property assets
  • Proactively protect your assets to keep your success on track
  • Evaluate the validity of conflicting claims, and if necessary, take action to defeat those claims
  • Resolve conflicts through commercial agreements

We can help you manage your current intellectual property assetsand build value for your new technologies or other inventions.Our intellectual property lawyers have earned a reputation forcreatively handling the full range of intellectual property, includingpatent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, due diligence, andlitigation throughout the United States and internationally for largeand small businesses, universities, individuals, venture capitalfirms and institutional investors.

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International Litigation and Arbitration Practice Summary Dec 17, 2007 Brochure Download

Representative Experience

SUMMARY

Engagements Include:

  • Litigation and Arbitration between Sovereign States
  • Arbitration between Sovereign States and Investors
  • International Commercial Arbitration
  • Litigation before the United States Courts

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Litigios y Arbitrajes Internacionales Dec 17, 2007 Brochure Download

Cassos Representativos

SUMMARY

  • Litigios y Arbitrajes entre Estados Soberanos
  • Arbitrajes entre Estados
  • Soberanos e Inversionistas
  • Arbitrajes Internacionales Comerciales
  • Litigios ante las Cortes de los Estados Unidos

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Tax and Benefits Alert - November 20, 2007 Nov 20, 2007 James T. Montgomery, Jr. Alert

I.R.S. Issues Annual Cost-of-living Adjustments Applicable in 2008

SUMMARY

The I.R.S. recently issued its annual cost-of-living adjustments applicable in 2008 to qualified retirement (pension, profit-sharing, § 401(k), money purchase and stock bonus) plans.

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"Civility" Chapter from Business & Commercial Litigation Sep 20, 2007 Katherine J. Fick, Michael B. Keating eBook Download

SUMMARY

This chapter includes the following topics:

  • Strategy, objectives and preliminary considerations
  • Formal reactions to incivility
  • General incivility
  • Incivility throughout discovery
  • Incivility during depositions
  • Incivility in court
  • Checklist: considering whether to seek attention of court
  • Checklist: addressing general incivility
  • Checklist: addressing incivility throughout discovery
  • Checklist: addressing incivility in depositions
  • Checklist: addressing incivility in court

Reprinted with permission from:
Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts
Section of Litigation I American Bar Association
Second edition

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Doing Business in Massachusetts Aug 14, 2007 Arlene L. Bender, Michael N. Glanz eBook Download

A Guide to U.S. and Massachusetts Law for Non-U.S. Businesses

SUMMARY

This guide is intended to provide foreign businesspeople with an introduction to the basic kinds of laws and regulations that affect the conduct of business in the United States, and particularly in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The level of detail is varied, reflecting the nature of the legal areas discussed. For example, environmental law and taxation are subjects of detailed and technical regulation, while labor relations are governed as much by custom and practice as by direct regulation.

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Chambers USA 2007 Massachusetts Rankings: Bankruptcy/Restructuring Jun 15, 2007 General Download

SUMMARY

Chambers and Partners, a leading U.K.-based research and publishing company, has again included Foley Hoag and its individual lawyers in its popular Chambers USA: The Client's Guide. This year, eleven practice areas and 22 lawyers are represented.

A digital reprint is avalable for download (.pdf).

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