Everyone should have an estate plan. Your estate plan is the roadmap in a crisis, providing guidance to loved ones on how to proceed and ensuring your wishes and goals are met. For those with young children or children with…
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/ Family Law
This is the first in a series of three articles regarding AI in the workplace.
The integration of artificial intelligence (“AI”) into human resources operations presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant legal…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Whether you’re a homeowner, contractor, or subcontractor working on a construction project in Massachusetts, it’s important to understand how mechanic’s liens work. This legal tool plays a key role in ensuring that those who…
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/ Construction Law, Real Estate - Residential
On June 13, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a significant decision in Miele v. Foundation Medicine, Inc. (SJC-13697) confirming that the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (the “MNAA”) does…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Under the Massachusetts statute of repose, tort claims involving improvements to real estate generally must be initiated within six years of the improvement’s opening to use. So, for example, if a worker suffers a jobsite injury…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Professional Malpractice
Enactment of the “Alimony Reform Act”
The “Alimony Reform Act” of Massachusetts (G. L. c. 208, §§ 48- 55) was enacted in 2012 and dramatically altered the spousal support/alimony landscape. Thirteen years later, it is…
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/ Family Law, Taxation
“Acme General Contracting, LLC: Licensed and insured!”
If you’ve ever retained a home-improvement contractor, you’ve almost certainly received enthusiastic assurances that he or she is “licensed and insured.” But what exactly…
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/ Construction Law, Insurance, Workers' Compensation
Memorial Day is approaching and, with it, the unofficial start of summer. Many minds turn to thoughts of cookouts, inviting friends over to swim in backyard pools, and evenings spent playing basketball games on driveways. Plans…
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/ Insurance, Personal Injury, Real Estate - Residential
It has been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic sent a large percentage of the American workforce into their homes to work remotely. Since that time, many employers have continued to embrace remote working even in instances…
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/ Administrative Law, Conflict of Laws, Labor & Employment Law
Under the current administration, immigration enforcement has significantly increased, with executive orders expanding the authority of Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) to arrest and detain undocumented individuals…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
The federal government does not have legal authority to prohibit private-sector businesses from engaging in lawful Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility practices, or mandate their removal.
On January 21, 2025, the…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
On January 1, 2025 the Massachusetts Parentage Act (“MPA”) took effect. The MPA updates and adds to Mass. General Laws c. 46 on “Return and Registry of Births, Marriages, and Deaths,” and Mass. General Laws c. 209C, commonly…
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/ Civil Procedure, Family Law, Health
You’ve signed your estate plan – congratulations! The most important step is complete. But the next most important step with respect to your estate planning is yet to come.
That step is to review your plan as time passes…
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/ Family Law, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
First Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That Standard Commercial General Liability Policy Excludes Coverage for Downstream Property Damage When General Contractor’s Scope of Work Covers Entire Building -
It is well-accepted that…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Insurance
When a customer purchases software-as-a-service (SaaS)–which is sometimes called a “cloud” service or product–the software is not hosted. It does not reside at the customer’s location or data center. Rather the software is…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Science, Computers, & Technology
