The Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the IRS (the “Agencies”) have issued Frequently Asked Questions #51...

Here are some common tax fallacies involving settlements and why they are wrong. Putting the money in a lawyer-client trust account...

We have reported that states are restricting the operation of non-compete and other restrictive post-employment covenants. The latest...

The Massachusetts Supreme Court has decided that a company that entered into a subcontract for regional direct sales services for its...

Two parties entered into a contract that had an arbitration clause. About 10 years later they entered into a second contract which did...

Employers continue to grapple with state and federal legislation on COVID-19 vaccinations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First...

NOTE: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted an emergency motion to stay enforcement of this Standard, finding...

After getting a judgment against its former employee, the employer seized his minivan. Rather than sell it to satisfy the judgment, the...

Supply chains are crumbling. Manufacturers struggle to catch up with demand as the global economy recovers from the pandemic impacts on...

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) filed its first major no-poach case in 2010, against a group of Silicon Valley...

Delaware’s Supreme Court has adopted a new three-part universal test to decide a whether pre-suit demand upon a company’s board should be...

Taxpayers practically always claim penalties are not warranted. What actually works? One of the biggest tools is the defense that a tax...

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Before filing registration statements with the SEC, a group of companies designated the federal courts as the exclusive place to resolve...

A Company sued a former employee for violation of a non-compete the employee signed. Because the agreement did not expressly state that...

An investment banking firm which assists companies in selling their businesses sued to enforce a commission agreement from the sale of a...

A town cannot stop a medical marijuana dispensary from converting to retail marijuana sales. In 2016 an applicant had received...

The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that an enforcement action under the Wetlands Protection Act can be brought decades after the...

After a defendant won summary judgment in a copyright infringement case on the argument that it's use of the original material was a fair...

In premises liability cases, the proliferation of surveillance cameras in commercial settings means a corresponding focus on the duty to...