New England Biz Law Update

Effective Jan. 1, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), requires most small and medium-sized businesses to disclose detailed ownership information directly with the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”). The CTA is intended to enhance transparency regarding ownership and ...

The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld a Superior Court judge’s decision to grant a pest-control company’s request to enforce a former employee’s non-competition agreement. “The noncompetition agreement at issue is a product of a lawful, bargained-for exchange based on ...

In 2023 ProArch’s most downloaded piece of content on their website was a free AI Policy Template, which helps businesses provide clear guidelines and expectations for the ethical use of AI tools, ensuring privacy, data security, transparency, and accountability in ...

Many of my articles discuss the gray area where a misconception can lead to legal exposure related to discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. And while those are real areas of concerns that center around a narrative we intrinsically understand (for example, ...

Passwords have long been a way to authenticate a user’s identity, proving that an individual has the right to access certain files or data. But sophisticated hackers and nation-states are getting better at cracking them, and some cyber security managed ...

Let’s walk through a somewhat common scenario in the world of HR. An employee walks into your office and says, “I have something I need to tell you, but I don’t want you to do anything about it. Remember Bruce ...

Nearly 40% of U.S. employers avoid hiring recent college graduates for positions they are eligible for in favor of older candidates, a new survey reveals. Six in 10 of the employers who steer clear of Gen Z job candidates said ...

The WARN Act is a federal labor law that extends protections to workers and community members in cases of mass layoffs or plant closures. The purpose of the law is to provide employees with adequate notice of a layoff so ...

Beginning Jan. 1, the Corporate Transparency Act will require certain U.S. legal entities and foreign entities registered to do business in the United States that qualify as “reporting companies” to file Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) with the U.S. Treasury’s Financial ...

Investors could bring a securities fraud class action alleging that statements a biotech executive made about the results of an Alzheimer’s drug’s clinical trials were misleading, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found. Alfred W. Sandrock Jr., chief ...