New England Biz Law Update

A Missouri appeals court has ruled that discrimination and retaliation claims survive a plaintiff’s death in a public employee whistleblower case. The court ruled that claims of retaliation or discrimination under the Missouri Human Rights Act and the Public Employee ...

An arbitration provision in a plaintiff’s employment contract should be enforced against him despite his assertion that the defendant employer neither explained the agreement’s contents nor recommended that he consult an attorney, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ...

As wearable technology has moved from the gym, it should come as no surprise that it is now in the workplace. But it is not the wild, wild west, and employers should not dive into wearable technology with reckless abandon, ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay temporarily lifting one federal judge’s nationwide injunction barring enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act’s beneficial ownership reporting requirements. The Supreme Court’s Jan. 21 order applies to the preliminary injunction issued by U.S. ...

The thought of writing an employee handbook can be daunting – it is quite often a lot of work and requires an understanding of a wide variety of laws, rules, and regulations. But the work to get a handbook that ...

When commercial landlords negotiate leases with prospective tenants, they understandably focus on key commercial terms, such as rental rate and renewal options. While that focus is justified, landlords should never overlook the “boilerplate” language of the lease, especially the insurance ...

The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by litigants hasn’t exactly been embraced by courts nationwide. Instead, sensational headlines about hallucinated case citations have led to knee-jerk rejections of the technology by many judges, even when the root cause of ...

The legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) continues. In the past few weeks, the courts have reversed their holdings twice about the CTA and corporate Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) filing requirements.  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

As we begin a new year, what are the newest cybersecurity threats businesses need to be aware of and what steps should they take to protect themselves? We checked in with four cybersecurity professionals to find out. “Cybersecurity is evolving ...

Businesses are following a seesaw battle over the federal Corporate Transparency Act after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a federal district judge’s injunction against enforcement of the law’s registration deadline. U.S. District Court Judge Amos L. Mazzant III ...