New England Biz Law Update

Employers — including law firms — need to take a closer look at their social media policies and how they enforce those policies in light of recent actions taken by the National Labor Relations Board.

Tagged with: July 2011 issue

A recent consumer protection action by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley against a Boston area pub and restaurant chain victimized by credit card hackers provides a road map for what the liability landscape could look like in future data breach ...

Tagged with: July 2011 issue

Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled in an issue of first impression that a real estate investment company’s deferred compensation plan is subject to the state’s Wage and Hour Act.

Tagged with: July 2011 issue

A communications company could block an engineer whom it had just trained on mobile broadband technology from taking a job with another company that provided similar products, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has decided.

Tagged with: July 2011 issue

An employee who claimed he was owed money under the Massachusetts Wage Act could not recover from the president and manager of the limited liability company for which he worked, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has decided in a case ...

Tagged with: July 2011 issue

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled for the first time that employers may be held liable for retaliating against ex-employees, even if the wrongful conduct occurs years after the parties go their separate ways.

Tagged with: July 2011 issue

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision barring certification of what would have been the largest job discrimination class action in history has spurred a debate among legal experts about the role of class actions not only as a tool for seeking ...

Tagged with: July 2011 issue

A temporary employment agency could not enforce a confidentiality provision barring workers from disclosing the terms of their employment to “other parties,” the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided.

Tagged with: July 2011 issue

An insurance company could not deny long-term disability benefits claimed by a policyholder who worked fewer hours after undergoing orthopedic surgery, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided.

Tagged with: May 2011 issue

Employers that improperly treat workers as independent contractors are the target of stepped-up audit and enforcement efforts by the federal government.

Tagged with: May 2011 issue