New England Biz Law Update

A joint resolution that withdraws conciliation reforms the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) had made under the Trump administration has been signed by President Joe Biden. The reforms, which went into effect in January 2021, required an increase in transparency ...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a lower court judge’s decision to enforce a judgment that a law firm obtained in Israel for unpaid fees owed by a client. The plaintiff law firm sought recognition of the Israeli judgment under ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 28 declined to take up a lawsuit New Hampshire filed challenging Massachusetts’ application of its income tax on residents working remotely from other states during the pandemic, a case that financial analysts said could ...

Five years ago, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to bar employers from asking a job applicant’s salary history before offering them a job. The historic step toward closing the wage gaps that exist between men and women ...

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 ...