New England Biz Law Update

As a commercial real estate lawyer, I understand that my clients often rely on their financial analysts and their projections, forecasts and assumptions to determine whether to invest in a real estate venture. Whether a lawyer or a nonlawyer, it ...

Where the record showed an employee’s position was eliminated because of a need to downsize and because he scored the lowest of three sales managers on a decision matrix, a federal trial court in Virgnia concluded that his age discrimination ...

An employer’s motion to compel arbitration of a former employee’s discrimination claim should be denied because there is a genuine issue of material fact regarding whether the plaintiff agreed to arbitration, a federal court in Michigan has held. Blue Cross ...

If you ask one of the leading artificial intelligence chatbots, ChatGPT, if you should rely on it to draft a construction contract, it responds that it is “highly recommended to hire a construction attorney rather than relying solely on ChatGPT ...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous decision in United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., rejecting efforts to redefine the knowledge prong of the False Claims Act to disregard a defendant’s subjective knowledge or belief. The decision ...

There is nary an industry where artificial intelligence (AI) is not a matter of conversation recently, wealth management included. “It’s a topic that’s everywhere and is affecting every industry,” said Dana Vosburgh, a certified financial planner and managing director of ...

A federal court in Virginia has conditionally certified a class of bartenders and barbacks who claimed a rock festival violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, and Virginia law. The defendants argued that class certification wasn’t warranted because the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sidestepped a case against Google that might have allowed more lawsuits against social media companies. The justices’ decision returns to a lower court the case of a family of an American college student who was ...

In the world’s largest pilot project testing the four-day workweek, most employers and employees agree that the reduced schedule — responsible for more sleep, less stress, and an improved personal life — is king. But that trial took place in ...

Starting a business can be one of the most exciting and fulfilling experiences in life. It can also be one of the most daunting. I lived this when my partners and I built our business — an industrial flooring installation ...