New England Biz Law Update

The normal abatement process remains available to vendors and purchasers of software used outside of Massachusetts, even if they did not follow the regulations for sales tax apportionment prescribed by the state’s commissioner of revenue, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ...

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 ...

Whether or not its students signed a binding contract, Northeastern University should prevail in the federal lawsuit seeking to disgorge the school of tuition paid for the spring 2020 semester, when the school switched to remote instruction due to the ...

A Rhode Island Superior Court judge has determined that an injured worker was properly denied accidental disability retirement benefits because she was not incapacitated as a “natural and proximate result” of a workplace accident. In seeking benefits, the claimant, plaintiff ...

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 “ministerial exception” does not apply to an associate professor of social work at a private Christian liberal arts college, and she should be allowed to pursue her claims that the school unlawfully retaliated against her for her vocal opposition ...

A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by Whole Foods Market employees who alleged the supermarket chain discriminated and retaliated against them when it barred them from wearing Black Lives Matter face ...

Due to an inadequate registration process, Uber could not compel two of its users to arbitrate their discrimination claims against the company, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Jan. 4. “The app’s registration process did not provide users with ...

The Civil Defense Act provides authority for Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s March 10 declaration of a state of emergency and subsequent emergency orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and those actions did not violate the state or federal constitutions, ...

The U.S. Department of Labor on Oct. 6 issued an Interim Final Rule that updates the prevailing wage methodology the department uses in several foreign worker programs. Through a review of the Permanent Employment Certification, H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 Visa programs, the department said it ...