New England Biz Law Update

Newspapers these days are full of stories about reduced profits, job losses, and cost cutting by large and small employers. The most recent report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 80,000 jobs disappeared in March, the third consecutive ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently issued an enforcement guidance related to unlawful bias against employees with caregiving responsibilities. The Guidance is significant to employers because it reflects a growing trend of claims in which workers allege they were discriminated ...

Over the last decade, the explosion of electronic communication and the corresponding developments in the law have significantly increased the burdens on counsel to ensure their client is meeting the new expectations of discovery. In 2003, in Zubulake v. UBS ...

Since Sept. 11, 2001, over 500,000 members of the National Guard and Reserve have been mobilized for military service. Recognizing that so many service members are concluding their tours of duty and returning to civilian employment, the Department of Labor ...