Litigation

The Law on the Limits of When a Company May Pay its Employees’ Legal Fees

You've hired an experienced and successful sales manager and you and your employee are now faced with a potential legal…

11 years ago

Condominium Associations’ Rights are Expanded Against Developers

In a case of first impression, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court expanded the rights of condominium associations to recover for…

11 years ago

Employer Overtime Policies in Light of Fair Labor Standards Act Changes

By Adam J. Shafran, Esq. Companies in all industries, large and small, should prepare themselves now for upcoming changes to…

11 years ago

Frozen-Out Minority Shareholder Still Owed Corporation Fiduciary Duty

Massachusetts law is clear: both majority and minority shareholders of a closely-held corporation owe each other (as well as to…

11 years ago

New OSHA Requirements Will have an Impact on Massachusetts Employers

OSHA recently enacted a significant change to the requirements for reporting a death on the job and certain serious work…

11 years ago

A Primer on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

By Adam J. Shafran, Esq. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") is a federal law that has been appearing…

11 years ago

Tip Pooling: Know the Law in Massachusetts

By Robert P. Rudolph, Esq. Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149, Section 152A explicitly outlines Massachusetts law regarding service charges, tips,…

11 years ago

Forgettable You (or “why you should care about Mario Gonzalez”)

Most Americans would be outraged by a law requiring that certain library books be taken off the shelves and burned.…

11 years ago

Massachusetts Court Renders Important Decision Concerning the Interpretation of CMR Public Construction Contracts

By James L. Rudolph, Esq. and Kara Moheban McLoy, Esq. In Coughlin Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Gilbane Building Co. et…

11 years ago

Judge Allows Rudolph Friedmann’s Motion for Directed Finding

After nearly two years of litigation in a Civil Contempt action filed by the Office of the Attorney General (the…

11 years ago