New England Biz Law Update

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is facing legal challenges to its recently issued final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The PWFA, which passed with bipartisan support in 2022, requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees ...

Most US companies are now subject to the reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which took effect on January 1, 2024. Absent judicial or legislative intervention, non-exempt companies will need to file information about the individuals who own ...

In its August 2023 decision, Robinhood Financial LLC v. Galvin, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial validated the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ 2020 regulation to mandate a fiduciary duty standard of care for Massachusetts broker-dealers when they provide investment advice ...

Leaders in burgeoning practices have multiple stakeholders to satisfy on a daily basis. Leaders shift their focus constantly from incoming client emails, to the discussion with their partners about allocating resources, to reviewing the work of mid-level associates, to speaking to the ...

In the Apple TV+ series Severance, the characters’ memories are surgically divided between their work and personal lives. In case that sounds attractive to you, please note that Severance is classified as a horror show. Many people in the real ...

When communicating in a professional setting, a person can only talk about one of three things. They can talk about themselves, about their content, or about their audience. Those are the only options. Most audiences don’t care about the speaker; ...

While many professionals believe the art of communication is to know what to say, the true essence of effective communicating is to know how to be heard. That means putting yourself in the place of your listener. Easy to say and ...

On a good day, running a law firm is a juggling act.  On a rough day, it’s a goat rodeo, with tons of activity, tremendous energy, and just a bit too much chaos.  How do you pay attention to the ...

As the year draws to a close, associates will be receiving their annual performance reviews.  How they receive that information will depend in large part on whether the review takes them by surprise or confirms the feedback they have been ...

Law firms are organic entities. They grow, they evolve, they expand their capabilities, and they incorporate and absorb new people. All firms experience growing pains when someone new joins the practice. For many firms, every September sees not just one ...