CLIENT ALERT By Attorney Amy Crafts March 12, 2025 While the new administration is stepping away from consumer protection by, among other things, halting operations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, …
This article, written by attorney Amy Crafts, was originally published by New England Biz Law Update and can be found here. With the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) expected to focus …
CLIENT ALERT By Attorney Seamus Cuddy February 25, 2025 On February 17, 2025, a federal judge in Texas lifted the preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. United States Department of …
CLIENT ALERT By Attorneys Amy Crafts and Jennifer Moeckel This client alert focuses on one aspect of the many Executive Orders newly signed by President Trump as this issue is …
This article, written by attorneys Robert Lucic and Nicolas Harris, was originally published by the NH Bar News and can be found here. (p 27) Just a year after its …
Client Alert Employers Scramble to Decide What to Do Next By Attorneys James P. Reidy and Karen A. Whitley On Friday November 15th a federal judge in Texas struck down a …
Client Alert By Attorney Brian Thomas September 19, 2024 There’s been an uptick in businesses targeted by so-called “copyright trolls”. Trolls use search technology to locate unauthorized uses of images on …
Client Alert September 11, 2024 The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) went into effect on January 1, 2024. This law applies to most private companies doing business in the United States. …
Client Alert By Attorney David W. McGrath August 23, 2024 On August 20, 2024 a federal judge from the Northern District of Texas blocked the FTC’s final rule (“the Rule”) …
CLIENT ALERT Pay Equity Disclosure Requirements Expanded in Massachusetts By Attorney Mark Ventola and Elizabeth Manning, Law Student Introduction On July 31, 2024, Governor Healey signed legislation “relative to salary …
CLIENT ALERT Bill Relating to Firearms in Employee Vehicles Signed into Law By Attorney James P. Reidy With the shocking events of the last week, gun violence is again in the …
CLIENT ALERT What this Could Mean for Employers By Attorneys Autumn D. Klick and James P. Reidy On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Loper …
CLIENT ALERT Employers need to comply with the new standards to avoid costly misclassifications By Attorney James P. Reidy and Jane Pyatt, Law Student On January 10, 2024, the United States …
CLIENT ALERT New Hampshire’s New Comprehensive Privacy Law By Attorney Douglas Verge On March 6, 2024, Governor Sununu approved Senate Bill 255-FN (NH RSA 507-H – Expectation of Privacy) (the …
CLIENT ALERT Update: Corporate Transparency Act Since our previous alert regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) – republished below – Sheehan Phinney has closely monitored the implementation of the new …
Client Alert By Attorneys David W. McGrath and Jennifer S. Moeckel May 3, 2024 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a final rule banning some non-compete agreements. If the …
Client Alert Covered Employers Need to Prepare to Comply with the New Salary Minimums and Otherwise Confirm That Their Overtime Exempt Employees Meet All Applicable Requirements By Attorneys Andrea G. …
CLIENT ALERT June 6, 2023 Effective August 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) no longer will require COVID-19 vaccination for staff of most health care entities. …
CLIENT ALERT Written by: Sheehan Phinney’s Intellectual Property Group April 12, 2023 On April 18, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will begin issuing official patents in …
CLIENT ALERT Robert R. Lucic, Esq.; David W. McGrath, Esq. January 27, 2023 On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed rule banning non-competes and other …
CLIENT ALERT April 5, 2022 On April 4, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) issued a pointed reminder to employers that the failure to comply with the strict technical …
CLIENT ALERT Jason D. Gregoire, Esq. | January 20, 2022 On November 5, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published an interim final rule (IFR) that requires …
CLIENT ALERT James P. Reidy, Esq. | January 14, 2022 By now, even if you aren’t a regular court watcher or have been otherwise glued to the SCOTUS website waiting …
CLIENT ALERT Jim Reidy and Mark Ventola | September 10, 2021 With the recent spike in COVID-19 infections and concerns that those numbers could rise this Fall many employers had …
How you can protect your project in its infancy from “aggregators” and other bad faith dealers who may try to disrupt the year 15 exit for personal gain. Jaclyn Fisher …
CLIENT ALERT Madeline Hutchings | July 6, 2021 As we all recover from Zoom fatigue, many of us would like to make virtual meetings a relic of the COVID Era. …
CLIENT ALERT Madeline Hutchings | July 6, 2021 As we all recover from Zoom fatigue, many of us would like to make virtual meetings a relic of the COVID Era. …
CLIENT ALERT Mark Ventola | June 7, 2021 Massachusetts employees are now eligible for Emergency Paid Sick Leave for several reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Continuing through September 30, …
Jim Reidy and Madeline Hutchings | April 21, 2021 With more than 30 states having legalized cannabis in one form or another employers have been revisiting their drug and alcohol …
CLIENT ALERT Michael P. Panebianco | April 15, 2021 Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont recently introduced the “For the 99.5% Act.” If enacted, it would likely affect almost all taxpayers …
CLIENT ALERT Peter Beach | March 30, 2021 The IRS previously extended the federal income tax filing and payment deadline for individuals for the 2020 tax year to May 17, …
CLIENT ALERT Peter Beach | March 25, 2021 Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont have extended the filing and payment deadlines for their 2020 state personal income tax returns as described below. …
CLIENT ALERT Peter Beach | March 18, 2021 The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the federal income tax filing and payment due date for individuals for the 2020 tax …
CLIENT ALERT Abbygale Martinen | March 15, 2021 On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) of 2021 into law—the third relief package since the …
CLIENT ALERT By: Colleen Lyons | February 16, 2021 For almost a month, certain businesses that previously received a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) Loan have been eligible to apply for …
CLIENT ALERT February 9, 2021 The New Hampshire Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling dated February 9, 2021, held that in order to get the tax exemption under NH RSA …
CLIENT ALERT By: Robert Lucic | January 25, 2021 Shortly after his Inauguration on January 20, President Biden signed a series of Executive Orders, many of which dealt with …
CLIENT ALERT Andrew Eills | January 12, 2021 As many retail establishment and other business owners can attest, enforcing Governor Sununu’s Emergency Orders pertaining to mask-wearing creates, on occasion, uncomfortable …
CLIENT ALERT By: Peter Beach January 8, 2021 Below is a summary of key business and individual tax provisions included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”). While many …
CLIENT ALERT By: Karen A. Whitley January 4, 2021 After more than a year of making contributions to the Family and Employment Security Trust Fund, Massachusetts employers and workers have …
CLIENT ALERT By: Abby Martinen December 28, 2020 On December 21, 2020, the Senate passed a new emergency economic relief, government funding, and tax cuts package, known as the Consolidated …
CLIENT ALERT By: Colleen Lyons and Paul Reuland November 10, 2020 The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) recently released two forms of loan necessity questionnaires which borrowers who received Paycheck …
CLIENT ALERT By: Michael J. Lambert November 3, 2020 On November 2, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker issued a series of sweeping but “targeted” new measures to help curb the …
CLIENT ALERT By: JP Harris and Jason Gregoire November 2, 2020 On October 28-29, 2020, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and …
CLIENT ALERT By: Paul Durham October 28, 2020 Earlier this year, we summarized the qualification criteria and application deadlines for grants under the New Hampshire Main Street Relief Fund (“MSRF”). …
CLIENT ALERT By: Jason Gregoire October 26, 2020 On October 22, 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced the intent to issue $50.8 million in grants to small businesses who have …
CLIENT ALERT Christopher Candon & Jaclyn Fisher | October 23, 2020 In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and the uniquely challenging obstacles it has created for our economy, the reliability …
CLIENT ALERT By: Paul Reuland and Colleen Lyons October 8, 2020 Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan borrowers continue to consider their options as COVID continues to impact the economy. For some, …
CLIENT ALERT By: Peter Beach August 31, 2020 On August 8, 2020, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Memorandum on the deferral of employee payroll tax obligations. On August 28, …
CLIENT ALERT By: Colleen Lyons July 29, 2020 While many Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) borrowers have or are in the process of preparing PPP Loan Forgiveness Applications and submitting them …
CLIENT ALERT By: Mark Ventola & Deniz Harrison July 20, 2020 On July 24, 2020, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) will publish the final version of …
CLIENT ALERT By: Deniz Harrison July 10, 2020 On June 18, 2020, in a 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice Roberts, the United States Supreme Court held that the Department …
CLIENT ALERT By: Colleen Lyons July 9, 2020 On July 4th, President Trump signed legislation extending the deadline for businesses to apply for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) …
CLIENT ALERT By: Andrew Eills June 26, 2020 Frontline nurses, other staff, and their employers in New Hampshire’s nursing homes and other Medicaid facilities can breathe a little easier this …
CLIENT ALERT By: John Perten June 24, 2020 A homeowner hires a general contactor to renovate her home. One of the general contractor’s employees, a carpenter, manages to cut off …
CLIENT ALERT By: Deniz Harrison June 19, 2020 Many local Boston businesses are feeling the impact of COVID-19 on their bottom line. While the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the …
CLIENT ALERT By: Peter Beach June 17, 2020 The 2017 tax law created capital gains tax breaks for investors who invest profits from stocks, bonds, and other assets into funds …
CLIENT ALERT By: Peter Beach June 17, 2020 As discussed in a previous Alert, the CARES Act provides for a carryback of any Net Operating Loss (“NOL”) arising in a …
CLIENT ALERT By: Peter Beach June 17, 2020 Borrowers who obtained funds under the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) generally anticipated that the portion of a PPP loan …
CLIENT ALERT By: Bradford E. Cook and Katherine M. Hanna June 10, 2020 On April 27, Secretary of State Bill Gardner appointed a 6-person Select Committee on 2020 Emergency Election …