12/27/2024 6:40:27 PM Corporate Transparency Act Update: Injunction Reinstated By Mark Christopher David Coombs Vaishali Goyal Gary Ronan +1 more... Show less On December 26, 2024, the merits panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order effectively...
12/24/2024 6:00:56 PM CTA Update: Injunction Lifted and Filing Deadlines Extended By Mark Christopher David Coombs Vaishali Goyal Gary Ronan +1 more... Show less On December 23, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted the injunction issued earlier this month that had...
12/11/2024 2:26:23 PM Corporate Transparency Act— Nationwide Injunction Update and Key Considerations By Mark Christopher Vaishali Goyal Gary Ronan On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction halting enforcement of the...
11/27/2024 6:17:13 PM Local Law 97 Compliance With Affordable Units By George Evans Hara Perkins Andrew Shaw New York City enacted Local Law 97 in 2019 to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by buildings throughout the City.1 The law...
11/22/2024 2:38:36 AM Governor Healy Enacts Permit Extension Act of 2024: Boosting Development and Protecting Approvals By Christian Regnier Kevin Gaughan Peter Kaplan On November 20, 2024, Governor Healy signed the Permit Extension Act of 2024 (the “PEA”) into law as part of the Mass Leads Act....
11/13/2024 2:37:13 PM The CTA Filing Deadline is Approaching. Is Your BOIR Filed Yet? By Vaishali Goyal Gary Ronan The clock is ticking—just 49 days remain until the one-year filing deadline for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)! Entities...
10/24/2024 4:46:02 PM Further Updates to the Massachusetts Estate Tax By James Casiello Matthew Hillery John Ramsey Andrew Rothstein Kerry Spindler +2 more... Show less On October 4, 2023, the Massachusetts estate tax was updated for the first time in seventeen years (the “2023 Act”). Primarily, the 2023...
10/2/2024 7:43:43 PM Proposed Action Plan for Article 80 Modernization By Matthew Kiefer After an 18-month study process, the Boston Planning Department has released an Action Plan proposing strategies to modernize Boston’s...
8/21/2024 12:51:13 AM Webinar Overtaken by Events By Josh Davis Carla Reeves Sonia Steele On August 20, 2024, a federal court declared the FTC rule banning noncompetition agreements invalid and enjoined its enforcement. The...
7/23/2024 2:03:01 PM D.C. FY25 Budget Expands CRE Revitalization Initiatives By Lawrence Ferris Jeff Utz The end of June saw the D.C. Council pass the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024 and the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of...
7/9/2024 1:03:11 PM Do You Have a College Student? Maintaining Decision-Making Rights During Unexpected Situations By John Ramsey Kerry Spindler Parents with young children often hear that “the days are long but the years are short.” However, this phrase may not truly resonate...
6/27/2024 2:40:31 PM Owners Beware: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Underscores Strict Adherence to Prompt Payment Act By Peter Bilowz Rhian Cull Molly Quinn On Monday, June 17, 2024, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) issued its decision in Business Interiors Floor Covering Business Trust v....
6/6/2024 1:34:25 PM Navigating Politics in the Workplace By Carla Reeves Matthew Horvitz In this election year, employees inevitably will engage in discussions of the impactful and divisive political issues that are at the...
6/5/2024 6:53:52 PM 5th Circuit Strikes Down SEC Private Fund Rules. Now What? By Jaclyn Grodin The long-awaited SEC private fund rules were put on ice by the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today when the appellate court struck...
5/7/2024 8:55:11 PM Boston’s Planning-Led Rezoning: New Skyline Districts By David Ingraham David Linhart Matthew Kiefer Boston is continuing its commitment to planning-led rezoning with the recent release by the Boston Planning and Development Agency...
4/9/2024 6:04:36 PM Stormwater Discharge Permit Changes: What Property Owners in Eastern Massachusetts Need to Know By Peter Tamm Patrick O'Connor Many currently unregulated commercial, industrial, and institutional properties in Eastern Massachusetts may soon require stormwater...