New England Biz Law Update

Last fall, the Social Law Library sponsored a panel discussion entitled Written Motion Practice at the BLS: A Deep Dive on Effective Techniques. The four BLS judges—Judges Davis, Kaplan, Salinger, and Sanders—participated on the panel. Three lawyers also joined the panel:Maureen Mulligan, Peabody ...

Corporate insolvencies and near insolvencies regularly generate significant claims and litigation initiated by creditors seeking payment of unsatisfied indebtedness and judgments. On December 28, 2018, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) rendered a significant decision addressing claims of a class ...

On December 28, 2018, the Attorneys General (AGs) of all 50 states and the District of Columbia announced a settlement totaling $575 million with a national bank as the result of a coordinated investigation by the States. The national bank previously entered ...

On July 26, 2018, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) announced a multi-million dollar settlement with a Kentucky bank over allegations of unlawful banking practices in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. According to the Consent Order, the bank made ...

On Monday, December 3, 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published in the federal register a proposed new rule that would significantly alter the H-1B cap filing process. The proposed rule (1) introduces a mandatory electronic pre-registration system for H-1B ...

On November 16, 2018, the Divisions of Corporation Finance, Investment Management, and Trading and Markets of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a Statement on Digital Asset Securities Issuance and Trading, summarizing recent SEC enforcement actions “involving the ...

On November 16, 2018, the U.S Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released proposed regulations designed to overhaul how colleges address allegations of sexual misconduct. The long-awaited rules—leaked drafts of which have been circulating since August—include major changes, such as a more limited definition ...

In 2017, Massachusetts enacted a supplemental appropriations bill providing for the creation of an employer healthcare coverage form that Massachusetts employers with six or more employees would be required to submit annually. Recently, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) released ...

On October 10, 2018, the Department of the Treasury, which oversees the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), released interim regulations to implement portions of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”), which was ...

In an important, but expected move, the National Labor Relations Board has issued a proposed rule revising the legal test that is used to determine whether two employers are considered “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act.  Consistent with ...