New England Biz Law Update

Beginning Jan. 1, the Corporate Transparency Act will require certain U.S. legal entities and foreign entities registered to do business in the United States that qualify as “reporting companies” to file Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) with the U.S. Treasury’s Financial ...

Starting Jan. 1, employers in Minnesota will no longer be able to ask prospective employees about their pay history during job interviews. The law, called the Preventing Pay Discrimination Act, was signed by Gov. Tim Walz in May. It prevents ...

2023 has been a bit of a blockbuster year for the National Labor Relations Board, with changes ranging from how to determine joint-employer status to whether company policies “chill” employees’ free expression. Anne Marie Buethe, an attorney at Stinson’s Minneapolis, ...

I was having lunch with a friend, an accomplished businessperson, and I asked what he thought was the critical difference between new ventures succeeding or failing. He responded, “A good business plan.” We agreed a good business plan provides lots ...

Earlier this year, the United States Department of Labor issued the most comprehensive updates to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts in more than 40 years. The final rule went into effect on Oct. 23. Originally enacted in 1931, Davis-Bacon and ...

These days, prospective employees have access to surprising amounts of information regarding what it looks like to work for a company. From reviews posted on Glassdoor to entire subreddits detailing their time at work, current and former employees are sharing ...

The May 2023 cyberattack on Johns Hopkins Medical’s MOVEit application again demonstrates the systemic weaknesses in the industry approach to health care data security and cybersecurity in general. The cyberattack obviously shows the consequences of integration and subsequent dependance on ...

Historically, courts were hostile to pre-dispute arbitration agreements. To address this hostility, Congress enacted the Federal Arbitration Act, or FAA, that placed arbitration agreements on the same footing as other contracts. Arbitration is a powerful weapon against lawsuits. Since passage ...

Josie got used to drinking several glasses of wine during the workday when working 100% remotely for the past three years. There were no colleagues in the room to question her behavior or report her to management, and no supervisor ...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposal to revise the regulations relating to the white-collar exemptions from overtime and minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the DOL ...