New England Biz Law Update

Just last month I observed a soccer team of kids more interested in climbing fences or getting stuck in the netting of a goal than playing the game. And while those actions are shocking, what is crazier is the coach’s ...

Paychex Inc. released its annual list of top regulatory issues that small- and medium-sized businesses should be watching in 2025. Among them are taxes and tax credits, retirement, paid leave, wage and hour developments, and artificial intelligence and privacy. With ...

A Rhode Island-based employee who brought whistleblower, contract and fraud claims against her Texas employer following her termination will have to arbitrate her claims in Texas, a U.S. District Court judge has decided. Plaintiff Linda Kenerson, who claims her Dallas-based ...

There are many ways to exit a business, some of which include complete or partial liquidation, or transfers of ownership via mergers and acquisitions, or through business brokers. One approach – establishing an employee stock ownership plan (or ESOP) – ...

Federal labor law provides significant protection to employees when they are acting together in the hopes of bettering their working conditions or pay. Employers must be cognizant of this area of labor law because water cooler talk and labor strikes ...

A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Biden administration that would have expanded access to overtime pay to millions more salaried workers across the U.S. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan sided with the state of ...

A U.S. District Court judge has found that a mortgage lender could not enforce a contractual non-solicitation clause barring its former employees from doing business with any broker with whom the lender did business during their time of employment. Plaintiff ...

For employers, there is no way of knowing what the legislature, governmental agencies, employees, or competitors may throw your way next. For example, just last month the Labor Department’s top lawyer announced that the agency would target several specific employment-related ...

Although coverage of the 2024 election was dominated by the economy, taxes didn’t get much attention in the run-up to the vote. That’s a bit of a surprise, since 2025 will be a major year for America’s tax system – ...

Although a company allegedly showed racially insensitive images during an anti­discrimination training, including a Swastika, a hooded Klan person, and a noose, that one-time occurrence did not constitute a hostile work environment, a Virginia federal court judge has ruled. In ...