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

  • Foley Hoag Economic Crisis TeamNow’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]
  • Foley Hoag Wins Key Victory for Government of Bolivia in Investor Dispute over Nationalization of Telephone Company Entel  [Read More]

Publications more

  • Bailout Bill Eliminates Tax Deferrals for Offshore Fund Income [Read More]
  • Economic Crisis Team Datasheet [Read More]
  • SEC Extends Emergency Orders on Prohibition of Short Selling of Financial Stocks and Requirements of Institutional Investment Managers to Report New Short Sales [Read More]
  • Failure to Obtain Opinion of Counsel May Be Evidence of Intent to Induce Infringement [Read More]
  • Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the SEC's Emergency Order Requiring Institutional Investment Managers to Report New Short Sales [Read More]

Events more

October 19, 2008 ACC Annual Meeting '08 [Read More] Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Seattle, WA
November 6, 2008 TCN: Funding Expedition™ Mixer [Read More] Foley Hoag LLP (Boston Office)
Boston, MA
November 12, 2008 American Conference Institute’s 11th Advanced Forum on Structuring, Negotiating and Managing Pharma/Biotech Collaborative Agreements: Allocating Rights, Responsibilities & Rewards in Licensing, Strategic Alliances and Partnering Deals [Read More] Helmsley Park Lane Hotel
New York, NY

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]