On June 13, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled in Susan Miele v. Foundation Medicine, Inc., that the Massachusetts Non-Competition Agreement Act (the “Act”) does not apply to a non-solicitation...more
Employers may now have an easier time establishing that employees are properly classified as exempt, in light of a recent unanimous ruling from the United States Supreme Court. In E.M.D. Sales, Inc., et al. v. Carrera et...more
A recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the “SJC”) significantly expanded the Massachusetts common-law public policy exception to termination of at-will employees. This decision, Meehan v. Med. Info....more
2/4/2022
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In a December 13, 2021 decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court adopted a standard heretofore applied in federal court for determining joint employer status. In Jinks v. Credico (USA) LLC, four plaintiff employees...more
1/12/2022
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