Boston (April 18, 2013) – Murphy & King has been named Bankruptcy Firm of the Year in Massachusetts by Corporate Intl Magazine. Corporate Intl’s Legal annual awards mark excellence for the world’s leading advisers and...

November 1, 2012 (Boston) – Murphy & King Professional Corporation announced today that shareholder and co-founder Harold B. Murphy has been named as Bankruptcy-Litigation Lawyer of the...

Effective November 7, 2004, the Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices Act can have far-reaching consequences for unwary commercial lenders, including liability for multiplied damages under Chapter 93A, Massachusetts’s unfair and deceptive practices statute. The Act, which governs the terms and conditions of high-cost home mortgage...

June 19, 2012 - Murphy & King, P.C. announced today that for the 6th consecutive year, it has received high accolades from Chambers and Partners USA for the firm’s consistent success and expertise in the bankruptcy and general commercial litigation arenas. The recognition cites the firm’s experience working in a wide range of industries...

Shareholder David Evans’s chapter on Choice of Law is included in a new volume, Arbitration of International Intellectual Property Disputes, just published by Juris Publishing. The chapter covers the limits of parties’ freedom to choose the governing law in IP disputes, the law that an arbitrator will apply if the parties fail to choose a...

Reprinted from David Lee Evans and India Johnson's brochure published by the AAA. 1. Pay Attention to Your Arbitration Clause Thoughtlessly inserting a boilerplate arbitration clause into your contract can turn a manageable dispute into a more time consuming, expensive and disruptive case. Companies and their transactional lawyers carefully...

(Originally published in the May 2011 edition of New England In-House) After much anticipation, the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice recently issued its long-awaited Guidance for the Bribery Act of 2010. With the act set to take effect on July 1, the guidance provides some much needed instruction on the intended scope of the act and some...

Attorneys Daniel Lyne co-wrote the article "U.K. Bribery Act and its Effect on U.S. Companies" for New England In-House.