New England Biz Law Update

On April 17, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law an act designed to provide liability protection for health care workers and facilities treating COVID-19 patients. The new law, Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2020, provides to health care professionals ...

A bank could not enforce its security interest in a taxi medallion against the proceeds of a settlement that a defunct Boston taxi cab company obtained against Uber Technologies, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Massachusetts has ruled. Berkshire Bank ...

A college in Massachusetts cannot avail itself of an affirmative defense grounded in the First Amendment’s religion clauses known as the “ministerial exception” in a discrimination suit brought by one of its former professors, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled on ...

Lyft drivers are not required to arbitrate claims that the ridesharing company misclassifies them as independent contractors in violation of the Massachusetts Wage Act, a federal judge in Boston has ruled. Lyft argued that arbitration agreements that plaintiffs Melody Cunningham ...

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow in the United States, many businesses struggle to balance their obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act as places of public accommodation with their obligations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to maintain ...

Although disagreeing on the proper theoretical approach to support its decision, a three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a federal judge’s preliminary injunction blocking a CVS executive from working for a competitor for the ...

Resisting calls to delay his plan, Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin on Feb. 21 filed new regulations affecting broker-dealers in the state. Galvin, in a press release, said the new fiduciary conduct standard regulations, which will take effect March 6, will ...

Overtime: Some employees hate it; others can’t get enough. And many companies struggle to manage it. It can be even more complicated in a unionized setting, as the applicable labor agreement undoubtedly touches on, if not exhaustively addresses, overtime. The National Labor ...

An au pair agency based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will offer $4.4 million in refunds to Massachusetts host families as part of a settlement reached on Feb. 7 with state Attorney General Maura T. Healey’s office. Cultural Care Au Pair will offer the ...

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Rhode Island is seeking comment on proposed amendments to local rules and forms relating to implementation of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, which takes effect Feb. 19. Copies of the proposed amendments are available ...