New England Biz Law Update

New rules simplifying and speeding up the process for union organizing elections went into effect on April 30. The rules establish pre-election hearings to determine whether there is a “question of representation” to be resolved by an election, rather than ...

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The Department of Labor has launched an effort to increase enforcement actions by its Employee Benefits Security Administration, the agency in charge of administering and enforcing ERISA regulations. The agency saw a record number of enforcement actions in 2011. It ...

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The recent ruling from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission holding that transgendered workers can bring bias claims under Title VII is a “game changer” in employment discrimination law and could lead to claims under the act based on sexual orientation.

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Local securities lawyers say a 2nd Circuit ruling defines for the first time the meaning of “domestic transaction” under a test laid out by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark 2010 Morrison, et al. v. National Australia Bank Ltd., ...

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A Massachusetts three private-jet charter flight salesmen from soliciting customers from their previous employer Superior Court judge has held that a non-compete, non-solicitation clause barred.

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The fallout from the firing of Henry C. Suominen Jr. has stretched across eight years, producing a lawsuit, a jury trial, an appeal and a second jury trial.

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue

State employees seeking to file suit under the Family and Medical Leave Act’s self-care provision face an unlikely future after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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The cyber attacks that the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 cautions against might sound like the plot of a new “Mission Impossible” movie, but for in-house lawyers at a wide variety of companies, such concerns soon might be unavoidable.

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A certified nursing assistant who received workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained at work was not a qualified handicapped person under Massachusetts’ Chapter 151B because she failed to prove she could perform the essential functions of her job with or ...

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Lawyers have seen an uptick in people reporting employers, financial companies or high-worth individuals for ripping off the U.S. Treasury.

Tagged with: April 30 2012 issue