On July 11, 2023, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) declined to extend its early COVID-19 emergency orders to the time limits established for filing a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against...more
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), the Commonwealth’s highest court, recently clarified the standards applicable to analyzing nonsolicitation and anti-raid restrictive covenants following the sale of a business -...more
2/18/2020
/ Anti-Raiding ,
Appeals ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Enforceability ,
Judicial Review ,
MA Supreme Judicial Court ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Reversal
On July 17, 2017, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a unanimous ruling in Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC, allowing medical marijuana users to assert claims for handicap discrimination under the...more
7/19/2017
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Essential Functions ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Interactive Process ,
MA Supreme Judicial Court ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State Law Claims