New England Biz Law Update

Inflation is at its highest level in decades. The Federal Reserve has just raised interest rates. Businesses continue to suffer from disruptions in supply chains and the lack of staff and inventory.  Consumers’ prices continue to rise and many people ...

A recent decision by a U.S. District Court judge has the distinction of being the first reported court holding directly applying the Massachusetts Non-Competition Agreement Act of 2018. In a ruling in July, Judge Timothy S. Hillman declined to enforce ...

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good and difficult for them to do evil. — Gladstone In writing this column, I reviewed recent government actions and noticed a clear theme: ...

Not infrequently, businesses find themselves enmeshed in disputes that cannot be resolved through informal negotiation. Those disputes can always be litigated in the courts, but the path to resolution is often time-consuming and expensive. In recent decades, the burdensome nature ...

Over the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a series of announcements seemingly designed to cool down the red-hot market for special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. But the recent announcement of Buzzfeed’s agreement to go public via ...

There is never a dearth of interesting information concerning boards of directors — who should serve, whom do they serve, and what is the best way to sue them when you think they have messed up. So-called expert advice comes ...

Does your company use special sales programs at quarter end to meet revenue targets? Do these programs involve discounts and other special payment terms? If so, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent settlement with Under Armour, an athletic apparel, footwear ...

As long expected, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently released an emergency temporary standard on COVID-19, setting various requirements for certain health care institutions’ management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, the rule applies only to workplaces where employees ...

The Great Resignation is coming. Unprecedented numbers of employees are expected to change jobs, and more than half of them will take confidential company information. Worse, 40 percent of them will use that information at their new job. Companies frequently ...

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 ...