CLIENT ALERT By: Michael Lambert March 24, 2020 As the COVID-19 crisis continues to wreak havoc on businesses throughout the world, many business owners have reached out to their insurance …
CLIENT ALERT By: Alexander Pyle March 24, 2020 On March 23, 2020, Governor Baker issued an order requiring non-essential businesses to close their physical workplaces, commencing at 12:00 noon on …
CLIENT ALERT By: John Perten March 23, 2020 We now know that it is just a matter of time before this current crisis either shuts your jobs down completely or, …
CLIENT ALERT By: Andrew Eills March 23, 2020 Expedited healthcare provider enrollment in Medicare is crucial to increasing the availability of physicians and non-physician practitioners. CMS has issued, as of …
CLIENT ALERT By: James LaMontagne March 23, 2020 On March 17, 2020, New Hampshire Governor Christopher Sununu issued Emergency Order #4 pursuant to Executive Order 2020-04 prohibiting all judicial and …
CLIENT ALERT By: Michael Lambert March 23, 2020 An insurance policy is a contract between the insured and the insurance company. The terms of that contract, and the obligations of …
CLIENT ALERT By: Andrew Eills March 23, 2020 The spread of COVID-19 will require many healthcare professionals to counter the potential surge of patients with the disease. These professionals are …
CLIENT ALERT By: Alex Pyle March 23, 2020 In recent days the Governor and other governmental agencies have taken a number of steps to provide support and relief to Massachusetts …
CLIENT ALERT By: Jason Gregoire March 20, 2020 Health care consumers have likely heard of, or received some aspect of their care through, “telemedicine” or “telehealth” applications, software, or phone …
CLIENT ALERT By: Bruce Bagdasarian March 20, 2020 The current crisis has created unprecedented pressure on the retail and hospitality industries. With people staying at home, except for an occasional …
CLIENT ALERT By: Michael Lambert March 20, 2020 With the incredible disruption to businesses, large and small, executives across the country are scouring their insurance policies to see if the …
CLIENT ALERT By: Paul Durham and Mark Dell’Orfano March 20, 2020 The response of governments, regulators, and public health organizations to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve on a …
CLIENT ALERT By: Liz Bailey and Karen Whitley March 20, 2020 On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (H.R. 6201) (“the Act”) …
CLIENT ALERT By: Paul Reuland Updated: March 30, 2020 The U.S. Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) is currently accepting applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (“EIDL”) from businesses impacted by …
ESTATE PLANNING ALERT March 18, 2020 In these uncertain times, where many clients and their employees are at home, this is a reminder that for those who do not have …
Print PDF: Federal Government Takes Fiscal Actions to Reduce Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses CLIENT ALERT By: Mark Dell’Orfano and Peter Beach March 18, 2020 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced, …
Dear clients and friends, As our shared experience with the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, I want you to know what we are doing here at Sheehan Phinney to …
Print page: SBA Announces Disaster-Assistance Loan Program in Response to Coronavirus CLIENT ALERT By: Christopher Candon March 13, 2020 The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was formed in 1953 to …
Print PDF: COVID-19: HIPAA Covered Entity and Business Associate Disclosure Rules CLIENT ALERT By: Andrew Eills and Jason Gregoire March 13, 2020 With President Trump’s implementation of a travel ban …
Print page: COVID-19 Preparedness: Basic Employment Law Questions Answered CLIENT ALERT By: Mark Ventola and Brian Bouchard March 11, 2020 As more and more cases of COVID-19 appear across the …
Print page: AUTOMILE HOLDINGS, LLC v. McGOVERN CLIENT ALERT By: Michael Lambert and Deniz Harrison March 3, 2020 Non-competition agreements are a much discussed topic in Massachusetts today, particularly with …
CLIENT ALERT By James P. Harris and Doug G. Verge February 24, 2020 In today’s digital world, there are a host of reasons why businesses need to carefully safeguard the …
Client Alert By: John Perten Under the Massachusetts Wage Act, employers are liable for up to treble damages for failing to pay wages. Regardless of corporate status, the “president, treasurer …
PRINT PAGE CLIENT ALERT By Doug Verge Are You Ready? As you may already be aware, more and more data privacy and security laws are being enacted, and some carry …
This article was originally published in the Union Leader and can be found here. NH Legal Perspective: Insider Threats – The Risk You May Never See Coming By: Brian Bouchard …
Print page: EPA WOTUS Rules Client Alert CLIENT ALERT By: Lynn Preston Back to the Past… Yesterday, October 22, 2019, the EPA and the Department of the Army published in …
Print page: Salary Client Alert CLIENT ALERT By: Mark Ventola and Jim Reidy On September 23, 2019 the United States Department of Labor (“US DOL”) issued its Final Rule (the …
CLIENT ALERT By: Mark J. Ventola On June 28, 2018, Governor Baker signed a bill that will raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, mandate paid family and …
CLIENT ALERT by Mark J. Ventola On July 31, 2018 the Massachusetts Legislature passed a non-competition reform bill. In signing this bill, the Governor marked the end of over …
Good news for employers from NH Legislature and Breaking News from Supreme Court regarding Public Sector Employment Recent Updates to New Hampshire Workplace Laws By Karen A. Whitley On June …
CLIENT ALERT by J.P. Harris In May 2018, the European Union’s sweeping data privacy regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), went into effect. Ever since, companies in the United …
CLIENT ALERT by Mark J. Ventola and Paul S. Lopez In Massachusetts, there are four distinct methods that are used to determine whether a worker should be considered an employee …
CLIENT ALERT by Mark J. Ventola and Paul S. Lopez On January 29, 2018, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) ruled that accrued but unused sick time does not constitute …
CLIENT ALERT by Mark J. Ventola and Paul S. Lopez Last year, Governor Baker signed the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act, which goes into …
CLIENT ALERT By Peter T. Beach The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) signed by the president on December 22, 2017, lowers most business and individual tax rates, makes fundamental …
CLIENT ALERT By David L. Hansen and D. Deniz Aktas Recently, the Supreme Judicial Court partially answered the thorny question of who should have access to a person’s emails after …
CLIENT ALERT By John H. Perten In a decision dated December 5, 2017 captioned Berger v. 2 Wyndcliff, LLC, the Massachusetts Appeals Court revisited the issue of whether restrictive covenants on …
CLIENT ALERT By: Chas Waters The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued a precedent-setting decision (Koshy v. Sachdev, SJC-12222 (September 14, 2017)) in favor of Sheehan Phinney’s client, an equal …
CLIENT ALERT By: Chas Waters The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued a precedent-setting decision (Koshy v. Sachdev, SJC-12222 (September 14, 2017)) in favor of Sheehan Phinney’s client, an equal …
CLIENT ALERT By: James P. Reidy and Mark J. Ventola In a ruling issued on November 22, 2016, a Federal District Court Judge in Texas blocked implementation of the U.S. …
CLIENT ALERT By: James P. Reidy and Mark J. Ventola In a ruling issued late yesterday, a Federal District Court Judge in Texas has blocked implementation of the Department of …
CLIENT ALERT By Janet B. Fierman On November 7, 2016, Chapter 218 of the Act of 2016, “An Act modernizing Municipal Finance and Government”, became effective. Among other things, Sections …
CLIENT ALERTS By: John Perten In a case of first impression, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit determined that a misrepresentation in a business plan provided …
CLIENT ALERT By Karen A. Whitley The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is updating its regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) to provide guidance to employers who offer …
CLIENT ALERT By Jim Reidy & Nate Warecki On Thursday evening November 20th President Barrack Obama, as promised, announced a string of executive actions concerning the United States immigration system. This …
CLIENT ALERT By Mark J. Ventola Attorney General Maura Healey has issued the proposed regulations (the “Regulations”) further defining the provisions of the new Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law (the …
CLIENT ALERT By John Perten Effective November 6, 2014, there is a new statute governing retainage on private construction projects. The new law caps retainage at 5% and establishes a …
CLIENT ALERT By John Perten In an unpublished appeals court decision, Mamaril v. Keller, the Massachusetts appeals court ruled that a homeowner was not bound by an arbitration clause contained …
CLIENT ALERT – A recent amendment to the New Hampshire Limited Liability Company Act, that went into effect on August 9, 2016, increases the uncertainty surrounding the duties that an LLC and its members owe to a former LLC member under the statute.
CLIENT ALERT By Mark J. Ventola Joining a growing number of states that have recently enacted pay equity legislation, on August 1, 2016, The Massachusetts Legislature approved a new pay …
The decisions to commence and remain in a lawsuit trigger a number of legal and practical considerations including: the merits of your claims; the potential counterclaims that may eat into …
Recently passed changes in IRS partnership audit rules could have unintended economic consequences for partners and may require revisions to partnership agreements and LLC operating agreements. Acting now to revise partnership and LLC agreements could allow partnerships to immediately take advantage of some of the new procedures.
CLIENT ALERT By Mark J. Ventola and James. P Reidy On May 17, 2016 the United States Department of Labor, after much anticipation, issued its Final Rule updating the Fair …
CLIENT ALERT By Russell J. Stein New Hampshire taxpayers may have an opportunity to become current on their tax obligations, avoid penalties and pay 50% of outstanding interest on past-due …
CLIENT ALERT By John H. Perten In 2006, in Reddish v. Bowen, the MA appeals court affirmed a ruling that a home improvement contractor who installed an in-ground swimming pool …
CLIENT ALERT By Michael J. Drooff The New Hampshire legislature passed and Governor Hassan signed into law on July 27, 2015 a new Uniform Securities Act which comprehensively reforms New …
CLIENT ALERT By Mark J. Ventola and David L. Hansen On June 19, 2015, Attorney General Maura Healey issued the final regulations (the “Regulations”) further defining the provisions of the …
CLIENT ALERT By: Mark Ventola and David Hansen On June 19, 2015, Attorney General Maura Healey issued the final regulations (the “Regulations”) further defining the provisions of the new Massachusetts …
CLIENT ALERT By Russell J. Stein Classifying a worker as an employee or an independent contractor is one of the first questions a company faces when establishing, retaining or increasing …
CLIENT ALERT By Karen A. Whitley and Mark J. Ventola On January 7, 2015, outgoing Governor Patrick signed into law “An Act relative to parental leave” (“Parental Leave law”), which …