15 Oct, 2024 Political Speech in the Workplace: Legal Considerations for Employers By Carla Reeves As the 2024 U.S. presidential election approaches, many employers are bracing themselves for a wave of political discussions—and...
20 Sep, 2024 Reminder To Draft Purchase And Sale Agreements With Care By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less Somerville Off. Assocs. Ltd. P'ship v. Cresset Dev., LLC, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 (2024). In Somerville Office Associates Limited...
20 Sep, 2024 A High Price To Pay For Judgments In Litigation By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less H1 Lincoln, Inc. v. South Washington Street, LLC, et al., 104 Mass. App. Ct. 256 (2024) The decision arises from a “bitter and...
20 Sep, 2024 Landlords Beware: Construction Projects And Potential Liabilities By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less Classic Restaurant Concepts, LLC v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 323 (2024) Classic Restaurant Concepts,...
20 Sep, 2024 Let’s Clear The Air: Industrial Facilities Must Comply With Board Of Health Regulations By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less P.J. Keating Co. v. Town of Acushnet, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 65, 233 N.E.3d 1097 (2024), review denied, 2024 WL 3346086 (Mass. June 27,...
17 Sep, 2024 Lender Liability Claim Results in Sanctions Against Borrower’s Counsel By Charles Jacob III Jaclyn Grodin A creative attempt by a borrower to forestall foreclosure and recover damages against its lender ended badly for the borrower, with the...
21 Aug, 2024 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...
23 Jul, 2024 Eyes Wide Open to Experiential Learning By Jaclyn Grodin Experiential learning can be transformative for law students who incorporate career clinics, externships, and internships as part of...
13 Jun, 2024 Michigan Supreme Court Dodges Thorny Drone Law Issues By Jonathan Hayden In Long Lake Township v. Maxon, the Michigan Supreme Court had the opportunity to critically consider the extent to which property owners...
07 Jun, 2024 Lions and Turtles and Bearded Dragons, Oh My! By Joel Antwi Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +1 more... Show less Fleming v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Oxford, 103 Mass. App. Ct. 1128 (2024) In Fleming, the Massachusetts Appeals Court grappled with some...
07 Jun, 2024 Approval May Not Be Required, But Sufficient Plans Are By Joel Antwi Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +1 more... Show less Meadow Wood LLC v. City of Brockton, 230 N.E.3d 1065 (Mass. App. Ct. 2024) The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently interpreted G. L. c....
07 Jun, 2024 Part II: Landlord Unable to Evict Despite Tenant Defaults By Joel Antwi Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +1 more... Show less Varano v. PDJM Land Tr., LLC, 103 Mass. App. Ct. 1127 (2024) We last wrote about Varano v. PDJM in our November 2022 issue of Law of the...
06 Jun, 2024 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...
05 Jun, 2024 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...
29 May, 2024 Judge: Town’s attempt to use eminent domain to stop Northeastern project dismissed By Kevin O'Flaherty The Essex Superior Court recently dismissed a petition of the Town of Nahant to take property interests of Northeastern University as a...
15 May, 2024 Surrogate’s Court Orders DNA Testing to Verify Claim to Be Decedent’s Biological Child By Charles Jacob III Jennifer Mikels Molly Quinn Gary Ronan +1 more... Show less Can a person claiming to be the decedent’s biological child out of wedlock obtain a court order directing DNA testing of the decedent’s...