New England Biz Law Update

Four New England states now allow medical and recreational use of marijuana, which means local companies must review their current drug testing and substance use policies to ensure they are compliant with state and federal laws. With Connecticut legalizing recreational ...

President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order calling for restrictions on businesses’ use of noncompete agreements. Businesses sometimes use noncompetes to keep employees from accepting a job with a competing company for a certain amount of time after leaving ...

As more companies bring employees back to the office in-person, they are evaluating when they can tell supervisors about employees’ vaccination status and whether workers can be required to wear a badge that says they’ve been vaccinated. According to the ...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a lower court judge’s decision to enforce a judgment that a law firm obtained in Israel for unpaid fees owed by a client. The plaintiff law firm sought recognition of the Israeli judgment under ...

Dear readers, Welcome to Massachusetts Go To Lawyers, a feature we debuted last year to showcase leaders in the Massachusetts legal community by practice area. For this list, we’ve chosen to focus on employment lawyers. The attorneys featured here were all nominated by ...

To our readers: Welcome to Lawyers Weekly’s annual review of the Largest Law Firms in Massachusetts. We have been surveying the 100 largest firms in the state for more than 25 years and are proud to bring you this year’s ...

Dear readers, Welcome to Massachusetts Go To Lawyers, a new feature from Lawyers Weekly that will showcase leaders in the Massachusetts legal community by practice area. For our first list, we’ve chosen to focus on business lawyers. The attorneys featured ...

This article is in recognition of Ombuds Day, declared by the International Ombuds Association and the American Bar Association and celebrated on the second Thursday of each October (Oct. 8 this year). Ombuds Day recognizes a centuries-old yet little known ...

Welcome to the 2021 Directory of New England In-House Counsel. We are proud to provide you with the most comprehensive catalog of its kind, and we hope you find it to be a valuable reference tool. Lawyers Weekly and New England ...

The U.S. Department of Labor on Oct. 6 issued an Interim Final Rule that updates the prevailing wage methodology the department uses in several foreign worker programs. Through a review of the Permanent Employment Certification, H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 Visa programs, the department said it ...