New England Biz Law Update

Businesses across the globe have been shuttered or disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Entire industries have been shut down, temporarily or permanently. Suppliers of goods and services, finding themselves unable to satisfy their contractual obligations, are seeking ways to limit ...

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that neither the general federal removal statute, 28 U.S.C. §1441(a), nor the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. §1453(b), allowed a third-party defendant to remove to federal court ...

After nearly a 10-year hiatus, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently issued three formal opinion letters, setting forth its views on various wage-and-hour issues addressed to the WHD by interested parties. Opinion letters represent official WHD ...

Options for determining insurance coverage are varied in Massachusetts