New England Biz Law Update

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 28 declined to take up a lawsuit New Hampshire filed challenging Massachusetts’ application of its income tax on residents working remotely from other states during the pandemic, a case that financial analysts said could ...

Five years ago, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to bar employers from asking a job applicant’s salary history before offering them a job. The historic step toward closing the wage gaps that exist between men and women ...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is less than three months away from lifting all remaining COVID-19 restrictions, but critics who believe the Republican governor overstepped his authority are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare Baker’s actions to date a violation ...

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura T. Healey’s lawsuit against Uber and Lyft will continue after a judge on March 25 denied the ride-hailing companies’ request to toss the case, keeping in play the chances of an industry-shifting ruling about driver classification. ...

The attorneys general of 18 states filed a lawsuit on June 4 alleging a new federal rule “strips away longstanding protections against sexual harassment” and will leave schools less equipped to keep students safe. The lawsuit takes aim at regulations around the ...

Resisting calls to delay his plan, Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin on Feb. 21 filed new regulations affecting broker-dealers in the state. Galvin, in a press release, said the new fiduciary conduct standard regulations, which will take effect March 6, will ...

An au pair agency based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will offer $4.4 million in refunds to Massachusetts host families as part of a settlement reached on Feb. 7 with state Attorney General Maura T. Healey’s office. Cultural Care Au Pair will offer the ...

More than 3,000 employers have asked a Massachusetts agency to be excluded from the state’s new Family and Medical Leave Program, opting instead to find a private alternative or a way to offer their workers the same benefits themselves. By the Dec. ...

Federal lawsuits have been filed challenging the emergency four-month ban in Massachusetts on sales of e-cigarette products. Vapor Technology Association and some of its member retailers filed suit in U.S. District Court on Oct. 1, days after three vape shops sued Gov. ...

Massachusetts has a new law enabling public sector unions to recover costs associated with representing non-members after the state Legislature completed an override of Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of the so-called Janus bill. The state Senate voted 39-1 on Sept. 19 to ...