New England Biz Law Update

In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission promulgated a nationwide rule banning most non-competition agreements. After more than a year of litigation holding up enforcement of the FTC’s rule, the Trump administration announced last year that it would dismiss its attempts to overturn the injunctions that ban the enforcement of the rule.

There is a common misconception in the business world that bringing in an outside consultant is a sign of internal weakness or an admission that leadership has failed.

A Lex Machina report found over 16% of federal employment lawsuits in 2025 were filed by pro se plaintiffs, up from under 10% in 2021.

Outlined here are three use cases for AI in the workplace and the associated pros/cons.

 Recent action by the U.S. Department of Justice has created uncertainty regarding the status of disparate impact discrimination cases.

About half of CEOs report significant time savings from AI. Workers using the same tools? Two-thirds reported minimal or no time savings.

For the past year, AI regulation has looked a lot like a group chat with no admin. States are firing off their own rules, Congress is typing and deleting, and employers are left scrolling and wondering which message really matters.

A federal judge has ruled that an ERISA class action can proceed alleging that administrators of a 401(k) plan breached their fiduciary duties by putting forfeited matching contributions toward reducing the employer’s matching obligations rather than toward defraying administrative expenses.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the dismissal of religious discrimination and retaliation claims brought by two former Hasbro managers who resigned after the company denied their requests for religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination policy.

Access to quality data is the foundation for developing effective artificial intelligence models. As a result, one of the most common issues for companies when evaluating an AI-powered product is whether a model provider can or will train its AI on customers’ (such as your company’s) data.