New England Biz Law Update

As communities continue to be shocked at the gas pump, soaring inflation and whispers of “recession,” there has been an increase in layoffs in certain industries — particularly technology, retail and food. RIFs, if done correctly, can help companies ease ...

Regardless of the size of your organization, or the industry in which you do business, good and accepted practice requires that there be someone responsible for risk management, and that you have internal risk management controls, i.e., a risk management ...

Full-time remote work in the U.S. is up more than 40 percent and continuing to grow. It is predicted that 25 percent of all professional jobs in North America will be remote by the end of the year, and this ...

A recent case out of Kentucky presents important reminders for employers about how disabilities should be handled in the workplace. This case stemmed from a surprise birthday party thrown by Gravity Diagnostics for lab worker Kevin Berling. According to his ...

For more than two years, countless employees have worked remotely from the comfort of their homes and have not stepped foot into an office. Although some people debate the benefits of remote work, there is little doubt that it is ...

The Great Resignation — a massive reshuffling ongoing in the U.S. labor market — has created a new and very competitive economic reality in which American employers struggle to fill a record number of open jobs. In such a challenging ...

Since Dec. 18, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has accepted two new types of ex parte proceedings to be filed for trademark purposes: expungement and reexamination. When these new proceedings were first proposed and announced, many practitioners were ...

Disciplining and terminating employees are realities of doing business, but by adhering to certain practices, employers can help reduce the risk of costly litigation. Discipline or termination (often referred to as “adverse employment actions”) can give rise to allegations of ...

Before March 2020, force majeure provisions in real estate contracts were seldom implemented, and sometimes received minimal attention in real estate contract negotiations. Such provisions are meant to cover contracting parties against unforeseeable events that are outside the control of ...

Copyrights, patents and trademarks — although registered by the hopeful future trademark-holder — are largely for the benefit of the public. More accurately, they are for the benefit of the consumer. A client’s trademark designates to the consumer the source ...